Replace bracket

[olek]

Hi I would like ask about Replace put some words in the lines .I put on last line some new words but with bracket .The Notepad ++copy me by without bracket .I use $ and mark regular expresion .But replace is without bracket . like this

AAAAA()(((((Aaaa – replace but I need also bracket .It is any way tell notepad ++ copy replace {}{{ {{(() ) bracket .?

[PeterJones]

@olek ,

Your question is almost unintelligible.

If you are in regular expression mode, and you want your REPLACE WITH to output parentheses () , you need to escape them, so if you wanted to output a literal (Text Goes Here), you would have to make REPLACE WITH: \(Text Goes Here\)

If I have misunderstood your question, see the Useful References below, especially "Template for Search/Replace Questions). And if you want to study Notepad++ regular expressions, start with the “Searching/Regex” in the User Manual.

If you need more help than that, you’ll have to put more effort into making your question understood.

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[olek]

@PeterJones said in Replace bracket:

(Text Goes Here)

Sorry for my English

I have to add something like this at the end of the sentences:\ (hss(ssss(ow()=Ay(),(5)))) replace .but after replace I do not have brackets . how to replace it with brackets .?

[guy038]

Hello, @olek, @peterjones and All,

In addition to the @peterjones’s reply, here are some hints :

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In the zone Replace with, any character represents the character itself EXCEPT FOR :

• The opening parenthesis which must be written \(

• The closing parenthesis which must be written \)

• The anti-slash character which must be written \\

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Depending of the context, the three characters, below, may, sometimes, be escaped in order to be interpreted as literals. These are :

• The dollar sign

• The exclamation mark sign

• The colon punctuation sign

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For example, the regex search/replacement :

• SEARCH (?-i)^ABC$

• REPLACE \( {} [] Test \\ $ \))

would change any line with the uppercase string ABC :

ABC

by this OUTPUT :

( {} [] Test \ $ )

Best Regards,

guy038

P.S. :

I’ve just seen your second post. Thus, from above, in order to get the string \ (hss(ssss(ow()=Ay(),(5)))) in the replace dialog, it should be written :

REPLACE \\ \(hss\(ssss\(ow\(\)=Ay\(\),\(5\)\)\)\)

[PeterJones]

@olek ,

Formatting the post per the advice in the useful references is critical for getting your point across. I’m still not 100% clear on what you want.

But if what you want in the output is the literal text:

(hss(ssss(ow()=Ay(),(5))))

Then you would have to escape each of those ( and ) as \( and \), so
REPLACE WITH = \(hss\(ssss\(ow\(\)=Ay\(\),\(5\)\)\)\)
Using that in Regular Expression mode will result in

(hss(ssss(ow()=Ay(),(5))))

[olek]

@PeterJones need be escape and bracket will be copy complicity.

REPLACE \ (hss(ssss(ow()=Ay(),(5))))

Thank you very much.