How do I search for consecutive new lines? used to I could could do \n\n to find blank lines in a text file and then replace with \n but now it gives me a warnign saying specified text not found.
using find-replace
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simon
PN DeveloperDo you have Backslash Expressions turned on in the Find Dialog? If not, that's why it's not working.
If not, you'll probably find that you're working with a CRLF file so you need to find \r\n\r\n instead.
Posted 5 years ago # -
I'm having the same problem.
'Regular expression' and 'Allow backslash expressions' are checked.
I'm searching for '\n' or '\r' and I have tried '\r\n' but it finds nothing in a text file that I know has CR and LF characters in because when I go 'Show line end markers' they show up.
Ideas appreciated.
Paul.
Posted 5 years ago # -
simon
PN DeveloperDue to a limitation in the regex library used by the editor control, multi-line regular expressions are not supported. This also means that using regular expressions to work with end-of-line characters (e.g. to remove blank lines) does not currently work. For these types of search, backslash expressions are currently the best solution. I am hoping to replace the built-in regex with a better solution over the next couple of releases. Stay tuned!
Posted 5 years ago #
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