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Backslash Expressions
Backslash Expressions are a substitute/workaround for the lack of multi-line support Regular Expressions support in Programmer's Notepad. The Regular Expression engine is scheduled to be updated, but until then Backslash Expressions offer some of the missing functionality.
\\Note\\: Backslash Expressions and Regular Expressions should not be used together, as one will override the other.
Syntax
| Text | Replacement |
|---|---|
\t | Tab |
\r | Carriage-return (CR) |
\n | Line-feed (LF), aka unix-style line ending |
\r\n | CR+LF, aka windows-style line ending |
Examples
| Description | Text | Search | Replace | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turn unix-style line endings to windows-style (LF→CRLF) | Line 1 LFLine2 LF | \n | \r\n | Line 1 CRLFLine 2 CRLF |
| Replace two blank lines with one (windows-style line endings) | Line 1 Line 4 | \r\n\r\n | \r\n | Line 1 Line 4 |
See Also
- Regular Expressions - more powerful search/replace syntax
search/backslash_expressions.txt · Last modified: 2008/04/28 22:38 by Simon Steele
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