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Re: Utilizing Regexp (or something else) to replace an arbitrary string
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Tim Visher |
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Re: Utilizing Regexp (or something else) to replace an arbitrary string length of the same character with the same string length of another character. |
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Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:24:28 -0500 |
Yeah, I did consider using replace-string and query-replace-string and
their ilk. The issue is that I use the characters I want to replace
at other locations where I don't want them replaced. Also, I want to
replace an arbitrary amount of them at one time. I actually already
did the edits that I want done by using query-replace-string.
However, if the document had been much longer, that really would've
taken too long. It doesn't sound like there's a quick way to do this
in Emacs. Oh well.
Thanks anyway.
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 26, 6:41 am, "Tim Visher" <tim.vis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I have a bunch of arbitrarily long strings of '=' characters and I
>> would like to replace them one for one with '-' characters. I know I
>> could do this with a simple find and replace using isearch, but that
>> would require me going through them one at a time. I'm wondering if
>> there's a way to do this with a regex such as:
>>
>> r/(=+)/-{length of n}
>>
>> Obviously that's a major bastardization of syntax and doesn't really
>> exist in any language, but I figure this should be able to be done in
>> Emacs somehow.
>
> if your question is about interactive use, then you can use
>
> query-replace
> query-replace-regexp
>
> after you type the find string and replace string, you can just type
> "!" to replace them all in one shot in the current buffer.
>
> If you don't want it to promp you on the first finding, you can call
> replace-string instead.
>
> If your question is about doing the replacement on whole directory of
> files, you can mark the files in dired and then invoke dired-do-query-
> replace-regexp.
>
> See:
>
> • Find and Replace with Emacs
> http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_find_replace.html
>
> • Interactively Find and Replace String Patterns on Multiple Files
> http://xahlee.org/emacs/find_replace_inter.html
>
> If your question is about writing a lisp program so that you can press
> a button to do all the replacement you want without needing to answer
> prompt bout find/replace string, on a single file or bunch of files,
> it's very easy too. See for example:
>
> • Elisp Lesson: Repeated Find Replace
> http://xahlee.org/emacs/elisp_repeat_replace.html
>
>> In Christ,
>
> • Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?
> http://xahlee.org/p/religion_Russell.html
>
> Xah
> ∑ http://xahlee.org/
>
> ☄
>
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