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Find/Replace with Wildcard Equivalent

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    • August 22, 2014 at 9:02 am #70220
      Michael Musser
      Member

      What do I type if I want to search for a wildcard letter, and then replace it with it’s value? For example, I want to find all iterations of “^$ and” and replace it with “^$, and”. So “last and” would become “last, and”

    • August 22, 2014 at 9:49 am #70224
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Sorry, I’m not clear on what you’re trying to find. But I think the answer is: Put what you’re looking for in parenthesis, and then use $1 to call it back up.

      For example, look at the “Fun Tricks” section here: https://creativepro.com/favorite-grep-expressions-you-can-use.php

    • August 25, 2014 at 2:44 am #70240
      Eugene Tyson
      Member

      ^ is beginning of a paragraph and $ is the end of the paragraph

      What you’re searching for is a paradox.

      Try searching for

      [?!.]$

      Replace with

      , and

      Please note – be careful!!!!

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