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notepad++ regex find, replace and KEEP the match

Ok, before I get the "already answered", I have found and tried every permutation I found at:

While replacing using regex, How to keep a part of matched string?

Using Notepad++ Regex to Find and Replace Only Part of Found Text

I have these lines:

new MyObject("22222,11,21),
new MyObject("22223,12,22),
new MyObject("22224,13,23),
new MyObject("22225,14,24),

I'm trying to put the "end quote" around 22222, 22223, 22224 and 22225 for this:

new MyObject("22222",11,21),
new MyObject("22223",12,22),
new MyObject("22224",13,23),
new MyObject("22225",14,24),

The value I put into notepad++ for "Find What" is working (an escaped double quote plus 5 digits).

\"\d{5}

for "replace with" (based on what I found at the previous two SOF articles), i have tried:

(these are just to test it)

aaa$1bbb
aaa$1$2bbb
aaa$1$2$3bbb

and

aaa\1bbb
aaa\1\2bbb
aaa\1\2\3bbb

Obviously, what I want (and what I think should work) is below (escaped double-quote, then the placeholder for "1", and the a second escaped double-quote)

\"\1\"\

or

\"$1\"\

My search mode is "regular express" and I've toggled ".matches newline" on and off.

Notepad++ v7.7.1 (64-bit)

Solution

  • You need to capture the match in a capture group:

    (\"\d{5})

    The replace it with the captured value and a quote:

    \1"

    e.g.

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