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regexnotepad++

How to remove text between numbers in notepad++

I have texts like 

3.6. Sam
3.7. Willy

4.1. drake
4.2. nadeem

I need output like

3-6 Sam
3-7 Willy

4-1 drake
4-2 nadeem

I tried replace \d{1}.\d{1}. with \d{1}-\d{1} & later with $1-$2

But I cant retain the number. Can anyone help me with this

Solution
    • Ctrl+H
    • Find what: ^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.
    • Replace with: $1-$2
    • CHECK Wrap around
    • CHECK Regular expression
    • UNCHECK . matches newline
    • Replace all

    Explanation:

    ^       # beginning of line
  (\d+) # group 1, 1 or more digits
  \.    # a dot
  (\d+) # group 2, 1 or more digits
  \.    # a dot

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