Find and replace using wildcard

[Jan Kronsell]

I have a lot of lines tlike this

xxxxxx(1, sdas...
xxxxxx(2, sdas...
xxxxxx(3, sdas...

The xxxxx can be anything. It always contains a left parenthesis, a number
and a comma, though. I want to replace all numbers with " to make the lines
look like

xxxxxx(", sdas
xxxxxx(", sdas
xxxxxx(", sdas

The numbers can have more than one digit. I have tried a lot of
combinations, but it just tells me, its an invalid search expression for
patterns.

Jan

 

[Jay Freedman]

First make sure the "Use wildcards" option in the More section of the Replace
dialog is checked.

The Find What expression should be

([\(])[0-9]{1,}(,)

and the Replace With expression should be

\1"\2

See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm.

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[Jan Kronsell]

Thank you.

Jan

First make sure the "Use wildcards" option in the More section of the
Replace dialog is checked.

The Find What expression should be

([\(])[0-9]{1,}(,)

and the Replace With expression should be

\1"\2

See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm.

I have a lot of lines tlike this

xxxxxx(1, sdas...
xxxxxx(2, sdas...
xxxxxx(3, sdas...

The xxxxx can be anything. It always contains a left parenthesis, a
number and a comma, though. I want to replace all numbers with " to
make the lines look like

xxxxxx(", sdas
xxxxxx(", sdas
xxxxxx(", sdas

The numbers can have more than one digit. I have tried a lot of
combinations, but it just tells me, its an invalid search expression
for patterns.

Jan