using wildcard search results as part of replace

[DaleDe]

Is it possible to use the results of a wildcard search results in the replace portion? Is it collected in some fashion to be reused? If not then I would like to suggest this change.

Dale

[Robert]

It is done with the “^&” special symbol. Please, have a look at New special characters, and in particular, the special characters that can only be used in the “Replace with” box.

[Robert]

Here is an example (taken from the attached document).

Let’s suppose that you want to find all bold fragments of text in a document, and reformat them with the non-bold italic attribute.

Target Text:
string 1 normal string 1 string 2 normal string 2 string 3 normal string 3

Find What pattern:
[!^p]{1,}
+ Specific Font Format: bold

Replace With pattern:
^&
+ Specific Font Format: non-bold + Italic

Result:
string 1 normal string 1 string 2 normal string 2 string 3 normal string 3

Note that similar operations can be done with the "Superscript", "Strikeout", "Underline", etc. font formats.

Also, please have a look at the attached document. It contains a number of examples of possible use of regular expressions in Atlantis.

HTH.
Cheers,
Robert

[admin]

Is it possible to use the results of a wildcard search results in the replace portion? Is it collected in some fashion to be reused?

Please click the following link:

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[DaleDe]

Thanks I will look this over.

Dale