I often have to switch two values in TextMate.
Original text:
@person = company.person
Needed text:
@company = person.company
What's the easiest way to do this using Search&Replace?
Thank you.
You could do a simple string search and replace; that is
Search for:
@person = company.personReplace with:
@company = person.company
If you want to do something slightly more general (@A = B.A to @B = A.B for any A and B), then I would turn to regular expressions:
Search for:
[@](.*) ?= ?(.*)\.\1Replace with:
@$2 = $1.$2
That will swap all pairs of the form @A = B.A to @B = A.B (regardless of spacing around the =). Make sure that the regular expressions box is ticked in the Find & Replace window.
If you only want to switch any pairs that begin with @person or @company, but not anything else, then the following will do it:
Search for:
[@](person||company) ?= ?(.*)\.\1Replace with:
@$2 = $1.$2
Add more terms using the regex “or” operator, ||. You can do the same for the second value. For example, if you wanted to match only items like manager. or resources., then you’d use:
Search for:
[@](.*) ?= ?(manager||resources)\.\1Replace with:
@$2 = $1.$2