Need help with find and replace using wildcards and in multiple files

Paul Klaes

Fellow Notepad++ Users,

Could you please help me the following search-and-replace problem I am having?

I am trying to replace data under the following format in multiple files, and in multiple occurrences in single files;

split = 30 40 30
The “split” in each instance is not always the same.

I want to replace every occurrence with the following

split = 33 34 33.

Please help, thank you.

dr ramaanand

@Paul-Klaes Are there only 3 digits to be replaced every time? Does the line beginning with the term, “split” end with numbers? Please give a before and after (expected solution) example. If there are only 3 digits, you can hit ctrl+h on your keyboard, click on the, “Find in Files” tab, put (split =) \d+ \d+ \d+ in the Find field and $1 33 34 33 in the Replace field, tick (check) the Regular expression mode and hit the Replace all button. You have to ensure that you select which folder you want to do this in correctly!
Explanation: $1 represents the capturing group 1 which is what is in parentheses that is used in the “Find field”, in this case, “split =”

Paul Klaes

Yes, it is always 3 numbers, it represents a population split among the 3 defined classes for each province in a computer game; and I’m trying for a uniformity among provinces in the mod I’ve created.

dr ramaanand

@Paul-Klaes So, does the solution I provided solve your problem?

Paul Klaes

I can’t tell, it runs like it is making the changes, but it isn’t saving the changes. How do you get it to save the changes?

Paul Klaes

@dr-ramaanand I can’t tell if it is working. It runs like it is doing something, but it doesn’t save the changes in the files. How do I tell it to save changes? I’ve tried it both under the “Folder as workspace” and by simply opening notepad++ regularly.

Paul Klaes

@dr-ramaanand I made a mistake; the data I want to change isn’t in “split = 30 40 30” format; it is in “split = 30.40.30” format. No spaces between the numbers, just a period. What would be the syntax for the find and replace then?