Word vs. RegExp
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That's because the regex library used by ~99% of windows applications is a severely limited pile of garbage.
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Great, so which 1% do you recommend?
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I've used PsPad. Didn't see a way to search multiline and I didn't find a RegExp section in their Settings.
My mistake - multiline doesn't work in PsPad - I thought it did. Regex is enabled in the Search/Replace box by the checkbox labelled "Regular Expressions"
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Yeah, but most of these tools support the RegExp syntax, but not multilines. All of the free tools I've seen are great in almost every way, but this. Maybe I should start paying for stuff? :)
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My mistake - multiline doesn't work in PsPad - I thought it did. Regex is enabled in the Search/Replace box by the checkbox labelled "Regular Expressions"
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
Yeah, I saw that. But I thought since I wasn't seeing it, there must be another setting somewhere. Good to know I'm not crazy.
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Yeah, but most of these tools support the RegExp syntax, but not multilines. All of the free tools I've seen are great in almost every way, but this. Maybe I should start paying for stuff? :)
Like Mike said Expresso rocks.
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Great, so which 1% do you recommend?
I don't. My preferred editor is in the 99%. A few years ago after testing about 30-40 windows text editors I found on that had a reasonably sane UI (ie not emacs and not vim), and a fully functional regex engine; however the frequency with which that mattered (3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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You can afford Microsoft Word and other more expensive software that you have at your disposal (I'm sure) but you can't shell out the 40 bucks for RegEx Buddy? Well, I can't help you there; that's your call. Just so you know, I'm not rich either but I'm not going to let 40 measly dollars stop me from getting the job done. Good luck to you. ;) [edit] You could try Expresso mentioned by OG below. It's free and it does search multiple lines but I don't know if it actually searches files on your computer based on your search criteria. I have used it before but it is not as powerful as RegEx Buddy. Again, my personal opinion.
Slacker007 wrote:
You can afford Microsoft Word and other more expensive software that you have at your disposal (I'm sure) but you can't shell out the 40 bucks for RegEx Buddy? Well, I can't help you there; that's your call.
My copies of office are: 0) paid for by my employer (free). 1) heavily subsidized via my employer's volume license (MS home use program, IIRC $10) Both are significantly cheaper than RegEx Buddy and would see far more use as well. They're not comparable.
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Slacker007 wrote:
You can afford Microsoft Word and other more expensive software that you have at your disposal (I'm sure) but you can't shell out the 40 bucks for RegEx Buddy? Well, I can't help you there; that's your call.
My copies of office are: 0) paid for by my employer (free). 1) heavily subsidized via my employer's volume license (MS home use program, IIRC $10) Both are significantly cheaper than RegEx Buddy and would see far more use as well. They're not comparable.
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I guess you are right. Maybe it was a bad idea to recommend the product to him. I'm sure his situation is just like yours. ;)
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My wallet and I disagree on many levels.
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My wallet and I disagree on many levels.
In that case try Expresso[^] I just tried your test text and it works fine. Multiline and all. :)
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My bad. I never meant programmatically. I was talking about the free RegExp tools out there that I've seen. None of them allow me to search for multiline text.
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My bad. I never meant programmatically. I was talking about the free RegExp tools out there that I've seen. None of them allow me to search for multiline text.
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I love it too. Does its job perfectly fine.
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Why is it that Word will allow you to search for carriage returns (paragraph marks) between text, but regular expressions won't? Am I missing something?
I just tried it with my RegexTester[^] and it worked.
This\r\nis what\r\nI need to\r\nfind.with Singleline checked.
