Replace -> Use with Regexp?

[Taoism]

Does anyone know the format of the match variables for regular expressions in this editor?

I would like to do a "replace all" using the following regular expression:

Find:
:NEW\.([a-zA-z]+)

Replace:
p_\1 IN table_name.\1%TYPE

However, \1 gets literally substituted. I have tried %1, and $1 as well. Is it even possible to use regular expressions in this editor in this fashion? For now, I will do the replace in UltraEdit, but it would be good to know the replacement syntax if it works

Cheers,
Keith.

 

[Marco Kalter]

The replacement text currently does not support regular expressions. It is on the list of enhancement requests though.

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Marco Kalter
Allround Automations

 

[Taoism]

Ok then, now at least I know for sure

Thanks for the timely reply!

Cheers,
Keith.

 

[al666]

3 years past...
v7.0.2

Tried $1 \1 %1 in the "Replace" field - still doesn't work.

It's very inconvenient to use external editors for such simply operations.

Is this feature still considered for implementing?

 

[Marco Kalter]

Yes, this is still on the to-do list.

 

[al666]

OMG! Almost 10 years have passed, and the PLANNED feature is still not implemented?

Guys, you really need to think seriously about redesigning your development process.

 

[T-Gergely]

You're lucky. Fixing xmltype handling is not even planned. BTW, planning usually takes more than writing one line on that ever growing wish list (yeah, mine is 25KiB, too).

 

[al666]

And after 15 years of waiting, do we have any good news at last?

 

[Marco Kalter]

Version 13 will have some enhancements for regular expressions:

• Support had been added for special characters (e.g. \t) and subexpressions (e.g. $1) in the replacement text when using regular expressions.
• There is now a separate recall history for regular expressions.
• There is now a syntax selection list for the find text and replacement text when using regular expressions:
  
  

 

[Stew Stryker]

Marco,

Since you mentioned this new V13 feature, I decided to try it out for the first time. I think I found a minor bug in the Special Characters menu? The option "Tab character" is listed twice in a row.

I'm hoping you can see this in the attached screen shot.

I'm running V13.0.0.1883

 

[Marco Kalter]

That is indeed one tab too many. We'll fix it!