Is there a Regular Expression I could use in the Find/Replace feature of my text editor (Jedit) to do the following:
Match any lines in a text file that meet these criteria:
If it matches I need to wrap all of the text on the line - but not any whitespace at the start of the line- inside #
signs.
Example 1
This line:
Total reimbursements (before end of Q1)
needs to be replaced with this:
#Total reimbursements (before end of Q1)#
Example 2 (leading whitespace)
This line (where there is whitespace before the word Total):
Total reimbursements (before end of Q1)
needs to be replaced with this (the # sign is placed before the first letter on the line):
#Total reimbursements (before end of Q1)#
but NOT with this:
# Total reimbursements (before end of Q1)#
Sample text file:
Base Expenses
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Provides options towards multilateral improvements
Opening Debt(Option patterns)
A copy provided externally
Customer Summary
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
External Console(foreign debt)
Provide execution amounts
Internal Console(domestic debt)
Release to appropriations committee
Explanations provided to external clients
Neutralized Amounts()
Forex portion
Regex:
^([ \t]*)(.*\(.*\))$
Replacement:
$1#$2#
The trickiest thing is making sure no part of the regex can match newlines. That's why I used [ \t]*
instead of \s*
and .*
instead of [^(]*
or [^)]*
.