I am having a word document which is containing many words like this. I have shown below.
(00:05), (01:18), (09:45), (21:42)
How do I remove these words with single expression using wildcards?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!!
In Search and Replace dialog, you have "More >>" and you will be able to see the "Use wildcards" option. After tick, you can search \(*:*\).
Before :
(00:05), (01:18), (09:45), (21:42)
After :
, , ,
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I want to run file search over files like the guy shown here.
I want to find the files containing string1 and string2 . Not string1 or string2.
And most importantly the strings can be on different lines.
I searched SO for it but I only found it with or clause and the regex is for the same line. Can you help me?
What I am looking for is some like this.
However I am using windows and my options are limited. Can I achieve this on eclipse?
Press Ctrl+H. Go to File Search tab select/check the "Regullar Expression" button and in the Containing text text box, use the blow regular expression
(?m)(?s).*(string1).*(string2).* --> Searches string1 first then string2.
If you want string2 to be searched first then use (?m)(?s).*(string2).*(string1).*.
To know about (?m) and (?s) go here
Is there any way to find all Strings in my source code regardless of their content. In other words I want to find everything that starts and ends with " . What I want to do afterwards is replace all found strings with someMethod(string).
Edit:
I think I have not expressed myself clear. I want to find all strings no matter what the content between the " is and the "encapsulate" them. In your example syso("test") should become syso(somethod("test"))
You can use the Find In Project functionality using the Basic Wildcards options.
Then use the * wild card and search for syso(*) . This will return all occurrences of this method. Then manually you can replace the text you want.
CTRL+F - search for " and replace manually:
search for : the thing you want to replace(e.g. ")
replace with: the thing you want to past instead (e.g.someMethod())
-> But look out for errors! think about replacing bevor you try it- because if you replace all " with somemethod, you have a lot of errors! Look at this example:
syso("test");
//---replace actoin: someMethod() instead of "
syso(someMethod()testsomeMethod())
-> best way is to make this kind of manipulations (in my oppinion): manually!
Perhaps there are some Refactoring-Tools in Netbeans which could help you-but i don´t think that there is a "simple and easy" solution.
If you are searching for a solution for the whole project you are working on, go into the Edit menu-y there ou should find a item for "Replace in Project";
I hope i understood you right & could help a little!
Is it possible to search for only a particular word under Eclipse IDE .
For example i need to search for a word "sub" .
But the problem is that , when i did ctr l + H and typed the word "sub" , it producing all matching results such as
submit ----etc , but i want the exact word "sub" in my Search .
Please let me know if its possible ??
Thanks in advance .
Try using regular expressions in the File Search Dialogue (Ctrl + H). You can use the word boundaries modifier \b like so :
\bsub\b asks eclipse to search for all matches in which sub is both followed and preceded by a word boundary. Read more about word boundaries here.
Here is a sample snapshot of the Search Results using the above:
If you want to restrict the search to the current project then try selecting 'Enclosing Projects' radio option. This option will be disabled if you don't already have a file from the Project opened. To get past this annoyance, I would recommend creating a Working Set with just the project(s) of interest and then restricting the search on that Working Set.
You can do it from Find/Replace menu (CTRL+F) and flagging the Whole word option :
Otherwise from the standard Search menu(CTRL+H) you can achieve the same result using an appropriate regular expression, in your case you just need to append a space after(or/and before) the sub text and you will get only the whole word.
Select the word and then press Ctrl+Alt+letter(G) it will search the word where it is used.
I use the eclipse File Search option very much to search all files in my workspace for a certain content. But how do I specify that it should only return hits from a fixed search criteria? As an example I would like to find all occurrences of the string:
com.mystuff.data
but I also get all the hits for:
com.mystuff.data.ui
How do I make a "this-string-only-search" when searching files in my workspace??
If I understand you correctly, Eclipse don't provide option to search exact word.
You can use regular expression for it.
You can use \bSearchKeyword\b to find exact word.
I suggest that you use regular expressions.
Here are the steps:
Select the checkbox "Regular expression" which is located beside the "Containing text" field.
In the "Containing text" field write: com.mystuff.data\D\W
Note that:
\D means "no digit"
\W means "no alphanumeric"
In case you would like to refine the regular expression, click Ctrl-SPACE, in order to get the regular expression assistance.
Hope this helps.
Best regards
Maybe slightly off-topic but this got me tripped and brought me here - maybe useful for somebody else:
In the Eclipse standard Find/Replace dialogue the section 'Options' (that includes the option 'Whole Word') may be hidden if the Find/Replace dialogue window was previously resized to a smaller size, without any clue to its presence. Resizing it larger brings back the options section. See: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=355206
and attached shots.
Eclipse standard Find/Replace dialogue search for Whole Word regards several characters (including period) besides a space as a word delimiter, so you indeed cannot distinguish between "com.mystuff.data" and "com.mystuff.data.ui"
E.g. search 'Stack' with option 'Whole Word' checked:
will match:
Stack
Stack overflow
Stack.overflow
Stack,overflow
Stack[overflow]
Stack(overflow)
Stack-overflow
Stack/overflow
will not match:
Stackoverflow
Stack2overflow
Stack_overflow
Simplest way is to add space in the start and end of your search term.
Try SHFT+ CTRL+R, then on right upper angle select Working Set, then name and specify your resources.
Create Work Set as above, then CTRL+H check checkbox All occurency, then select your Work Set. Or maybe you can create work set in CTRL+H.
How do I record (or write) search and replace macro in Netbeans?
I want to record the actions I do in Ctrl+H dialog.
This is not possible (Netbeans 6.8).
The only field you can preset is the field "Find What". The other options stay unchanged.
Eventually, if you have a complex regexp to search, you can use the following tip :
caret-end-line insert-break "regexp" selection-begin-line replace remove-line
I ran into somewhat the same problem! Maybe this will ease it up a bit!
http://mrhaki.blogspot.com/2008/12/use-regular-expressions-for-search-and.html