Oh, yes, Scott, I forgot this obvious solution :-(

In addition, since the N++v6.4.2 version, the Begin/End Select, command is recordable in a macro :-)

The nice thing, with N++, is that there are, very often, several ways to achieve the same goal !

Cheers,

guy038

There’s a simple method, using a search, in regular expression mode !

It’s not exactly what you would like to, because you’ll need to type the two limits, inside the regular expression search, instead of clicking on the first limit and searching for the second one.

Anyway, it’s works fine :-)

Then, let’s suppose the subject text, below :

aa
bb
Begin
xx
yy
End

Begin

vv
ww
xx
yy
zz

End

12345 Begin 67 89 01 23 45 End 67890

Now, follow the few steps, below :

• Open the Search dialog

• Choose the Regular expression search mode

• Check the Wrap around and/or Match case options, if necessary

• In the Find what zone, type the regex (?s)Begin\R?\K.*?(?=End)

• Finally, click on the Find Next button

Notes :

• This regex select all the lines, located between the line Begin and the nearest line End OR all the text, between two strings Begin and End, located on the same line

• The modifier (?s) means that any dot, in the expression, matches any character, even End of Line characters

• The regex tries, first, to match the string Begin, eventually followed by its End of Line characters \R?

• Then the \K syntax forces the regex engine to forget any previous match. So, the regex to match is, ONLY, .*?(?=End)

• Therefore, the regex matches any character, even End of Line characters, till the nearest string End, which is, however, NOT part of the final match, too, because it’s included in a lookahead structure (?=....)

• Of course, the strings Begin and End can be replaced by a simple character, like A and B or by regexes, like [01234] and [56789], or, even, more complex regexes !

IMPORTANT :

If you intend to replace these selected blocks by any text, or delete them, you must use the global replacement, clicking on the Replace All button and NOT the Replace button, because of the presence of the \K form !

Best regards,

guy038

P.S. :

You’ll find good documentation, about the new Boost C++ Regex library, v1.55.0 ( similar to the PERL Regular Common Expressions, v1.48.0 ), used by Notepad++, since its 6.0 version, at the TWO addresses below :

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/syntax/perl_syntax.html

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/format/boost_format_syntax.html

• The FIRST link explains the syntax, of regular expressions, in the SEARCH part

• The SECOND link explains the syntax, of regular expressions, in the REPLACEMENT part