I am trying to create a macro in Notepad++ that replaces one line with two.
For example, this line:
M30
Should be converted to this:
G91G30X0Y0
M30
Click search mode as extended
Use find replace
replace M30 with
G91G30X0Y0\nM30
If you want to record a macro, that also can be done for this action
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I'd like to add a suffix to all occurrences of a variable in a file (eg. pluralizing a variable number --> numbers).
VSCode offers a multiselect option thru the default "cmd+d", or editor.action.addSelectionToNextFindMatch. However, after I do this over all occurrences of number, the entire variable is selected. I really just need the cursor to be at the very end, so I can add an s. I would like not have to retype numbers.
How can I achieve this?
As an alternative, I use a regex:
\b(var1|var2|var3)\b
And I replace it with the same content $1 (since I capture the variable name in a group with ()) followed by 's': $1s
I would just copy the variable first. So:
Double-click your variable and Ctrl-C
Ctrl-F2 selects all occurences
Ctrl-V and add your 's'
The regex method is better if you have a few variables to change, but not if you have only one or two to change. Really simple to create a macro if you would be doing this a lot - you could get it down to a single keychord.
[This unfortunately selects occurrences of var1 and someOtherVar1 (the Var1 part) - so if this is a problem better to use a regex as it is easier to exclude instances of the var1 term appearing within another word, like someVar1 that you do not intend to change.]
How would one go about using replace in netbeans to modify a PHP script with lots of $_POST[].
For better security it would be a good idea to replace all these $_POST[]
with sanitize($_POST[]) where sanitize is a function that sanitizes user input.
So I could use Replace and search for $_POST[''] and replace with sanitize($_POST['']).
But how do you keep the variable name within each $_POST[''] while adding the closing parenthesis?
For example $_POST['name'] and $_POST['action'] need to become sanitize($_POST['name']) and santize($_POST['action']) respectively.
I am not a PHP programmer or a Regex master but in my very limited test this seemed to work.
Select the project and then choose Edit -> Replace. Choose "Regular Expression" in the drop down list, set containing text to \$_POST\[(.*)\]and replace with to sanitize(\$_POST[$1])
I'm trying to move to a specific column number in a Sublime Text macro command, so that I can delete everything after that point, but I can't get the move command to work.
I've compared the old and new versions of the unofficial documentation, and it looks like the move command used to have an "amount" parameter, but it hasn't been working for me. So the reason I'm writing is because I feel like there's something the docs are leaving out, but I don't know what it is, or how to even debug it in Sublime Text.
Here's an example of what I'm trying to do:
/*//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Comment Block ///////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////*/
When the caret is at the end of the phrase "Comment Block", I need to run a command that advances the caret to a specific column number. After that, I can expand the selection to the end of the line and delete, trimming the line to be equal with its counterparts.
I want to use the Search and Replace dialogue in Rubymine, or something similar to replace something like "Scenario:" with "#Desktop\nScenario"
I'm trying to replace every instance of Scenario: in a large Cucumber test suite with
#desktop
Scenario:
Any best ways to do this?
Update:
Thanks to #ryan2johnson9 comment, I realise there's now an easier option (tested on 2017.3).
By clicking on the "New Line" (or using the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Enter / Alt+Enter), the input becomes multilines.
Original Answer
In the search and replace box, if you tick the "Regex" option you can do:
Search: "Scenario:"
Replace by: "#desktop\nScenario:"
The only trick is to tick the "Regex" option :)
Rubymine has macros (http://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/webhelp/binding-macros-with-keyboard-shortcuts.html) but I dont think they are powerful enough for this example.
It's possible that you could solve it with some elaborate feature hidden inside Rubymine, but I think it would be a lot easier to do this with a tool like perl/sed from the Terminal. If you are using Windows I assume you could search the net and find a text search/replace tool that fits your need.
In OSX I there are a bunch of Text Substitutions app too.
I would go that route since Rubymines macro tool isnt up to the task.
Here's a cheap and sleazy alternative:
Copy a newline character from between two empty lines in the file being edited. Temporarily add two empty lines if you don't have any.
Set up search/replace and enter the string you want to replace into the search text input box.
Paste the newline you just copied into the replacement text box plus whatever other text you want. You will be able to see the height of the replacement text input box grow vertically by one line due to the newline.
Perform the search/replace.
For this, the use of the Rubymine regex is optional.
I'm new to n++, but I have been most impressed with this tool so far. I've been trying to record a macro that do a search/replace, but the 'search' part seems to have the initial search text from the recording 'hard-coded' in the macro.
What I want is:
Manually locate the cursor at the beginning of the first line of a fixed format code segment, then Macro actions:
move cursor two lines down
move cursor right x characters
mark charters from pos x to x+n
search and replace all occurrences of the selected text with "{p_'selected text'}"
In an more advanced version, I'd like to add some logic to step 4: only execute the replace part if the # of occurrences are > 1 (e.g. by first adding a count statement, but I'm not sure how to obtain the returned count # from the dialog box)
Is this possible?
While I'm a big fan of Notepad++, this sounds like something I would accomplish with AutoHotKey. You would select the text and copy it to the clipboard. AutoHotKey would read the clipboard, replace the text as you desire, and either replace the clipboard contents, or send it back to your document. Let me know if you would like to go that route.