Character
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Result/Use
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Any character
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Represents the given character
unless otherwise specified.
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.
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Represents any single character
except for a line break or paragraph break. For example, the
search term "sh.rt" returns both "shirt" and
"short".
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^
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Only finds the search term if the
term is at the beginning of a paragraph. Special objects such as
empty fields or character-anchored frames, at the beginning of a
paragraph are ignored. Example: "^Peter".
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$
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Only finds the search term if the
term appears at the end of a paragraph. Special objects such as
empty fields or character-anchored frames at the end of a
paragraph are ignored. Example: "Peter$".
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*
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Finds zero or more of the
characters in front of the "*". For example, "Ab*c"
finds "Ac", "Abc", "Abbc", "Abbbc",
and so on.
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+
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Finds one or more of the characters
in front of the "+". For example, "AX.+4"
finds "AXx4", but not "AX4".
The longest possible string that
matches this search pattern in a paragraph is always found. If the
paragraph contains the string "AX 4 AX4", the entire
passage is highlighted.
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?
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Finds zero or one of the characters
in front of the "?". For example, "Texts?"
finds "Text" and "Texts" and "x(ab|c)?y"
finds "xy", "xaby", or "xcy".
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\
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Search interprets the special
character that follows the "\" as a normal character and
not as a regular expression (except for the combinations \n, \t,
\>, and \<). For example, "tree\." finds "tree.",
not "treed" or "trees".
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\n
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Represents a line break that was
inserted with the Shift+Enter key combination. To change a line
break into a paragraph break, enter \n in the Search for
and Replace with boxes, and then perform a search and
replace.
\n in the Search for text
box stands for a line break that was inserted with the Shift+Enter
key combination.
\n in the Replace with text
box stands for a paragraph break that can be entered with the
Enter or Return key.
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\t
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Represents a tab. You can also use
this expression in the Replace with box.
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\>
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Only finds the search term if it
appears at the end of a word. For example, "book\>"
finds "checkbook", but not "bookmark".
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\<
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Only finds the search term if it
appears at the beginning of a word. For example, "\<book"
finds "bookmark", but not "checkbook".
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^$
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Finds an empty paragraph.
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^.
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Finds the first character of a
paragraph.
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& or $0
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Adds the string that was found by
the search criteria in the Search for box to the term in
the Replace with box when you make a replacement.
For example, if you enter "window"
in the Search for box and "&frame" in the
Replace with box, the word "window" is replaced
with "windowframe".
You can also enter an "&"
in the Replace with box to modify the Attributes or
the Format of the string found by the search criteria.
[abc123]
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Represents one of the characters
that are between the brackets.
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[a-e]
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Represents any of the characters
that are between a and e.
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[a-eh-x]
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Represents any of the characters
that are between a-e and h-x.
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[^a-s]
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Represents any character that is
not between a and s.
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\xXXXX
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Represents a special character
based on its four-digit hexadecimal code (XXXX).
The code for the special character
depends on the font used. You can view the codes by choosing
Insert - Special Character.
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|
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Finds the terms that occur before
or after the "|". For example, "this|that"
finds "this" and "that".
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{2}
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Defines the number of times that
the character in front of the opening bracket occurs. For example,
"tre{2}" finds "tree".
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{1,2}
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Defines the number of times that
the character in front of the opening bracket can occur. For
example, "tre{1,2}" finds both "tree" and
"treated".
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{1,}
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Defines the minimum number of times
that the character in front of the opening bracket can occur. For
example, "tre{2,}" finds "tree", "treee",
and "treeeee".
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( )
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In the Search for box:
Defines the characters inside the
parentheses as a reference. You can then refer to the first
reference in the current expression with "\1", to the
second reference with "\2", and so on.
For example, if your text contains
the number 13487889 and you search using the regular expression
(8)7\1\1, "8788" is found.
You can also use () to group terms,
for example, "a(bc)?d" finds "ad" or "abcd".
In the Replace with box:
Use $ (dollar) instead of (backslash) to replace references. Use $0 to replace the whole
found string.
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[:alpha:]
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Represents an alphabetic character.
Use [:alpha:]+ to find one of them.
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[:digit:]
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Represents a decimal digit. Use
[:digit:]+ to find one of them.
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[:alnum:]
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Represents an alphanumeric
character ([:alpha:] and [:digit:]).
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[:space:]
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Represents a space character (but
not other whitespace characters).
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[:print:]
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Represents a printable character.
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[:cntrl:]
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Represents a nonprinting character.
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[:lower:]
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Represents a lowercase character if
Match case is selected in Options.
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[:upper:]
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Represents an uppercase character
if Match case is selected in Options.
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