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[Auto Select Text Between two given words in a notepad++]
I have a large text files.I have a given specific keyword [with spaces in between like "ABC DEF G"]. It either occurs in the text file exactly two times or does not occur at all.
I want to have a notepad++ search such that all the text between these two keywords (around 300 to 1000 lines) gets selected automatically. I will then do some operation on this selected text via my plugin.So my first question is:
Is this autos-election possible(via regular expression or some already built plugin).
If yes ,can some one please suggest.
As of now I am reading entire text file to search which is time and memory consuming. Thanks.
Solution
Try this Regex:
(?<=ABC DEF G)[\s\S]*(?=ABC DEF G)
Explanation:
(?<=ABC DEF G)- Positive Lookbehind to find the position which is preceded by the textABC DEF G[\s\S]*- matches 0+ occurrences of any character(?=ABC DEF G)- Positive lookahead to find the position immediately followed by the textABC DEF G
Output:
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