My requirement is to search on Notepad++, sample text shown below:
UM001 Uddharana Madhava Date: 3/6/2021, Thursday Topic: Bangla Economics Language: Bengali Date: 4/6/2021, Friday Topic: Bangla Economics Language: Bengali Date: 3/6/2021, Thursday Topic: Bangla Economics Language: English CJ009 Cidananda Janardana Date: 3/6/2021, Thursday Topic: Bangla Economics Language: Telugu
The search result should highlight
UM001 Uddharana Madhava Date: 3/6/2021, Thursday Topic: Bangla Economics Language: Bengali Date: 4/6/2021, Friday Topic: Bangla Economics Language: Bengali
It should not highlight from other teachers schedule
Date: 3/6/2021, Thursday Topic: Bangla EconomicsLanguage: English CJ009 Cidananda Janardana Date: 3/6/2021, Thursday Topic: Bangla Economics Language: Telugu
Language(.+?)Date
The above search pattern is not working so I tried
Language(.+?)(?![A-Z][A-Z]\d{3})Date
Language(.+?)(?![A-Z][A-Z]\d{3})(.+?)Date
These two are also not working. Please suggest how can I achieve the desired result. Here is what I am looking for, if there is a name in between Language and date, that should not be captured. Here is a link of image which shows my requirement
To highlight only parts with multiple Date parts:
^[A-Z][A-Z]\d{3}\b\h+\S.*\s*(?>\RDate:\h.*(?:\R(?!Date:|[A-Z][A-Z]\d{3}\b).*)*){2,}
The pattern matches:
^ Start of string[A-Z][A-Z]\d{3}\b Match the format of the values UM001 for example\h+\S.*\s* Match 1+ horizontal whitespace chars, at least a single non whitespace char and the rest of the line. Then match optional whitespace chars, that could also match a newline(?> Atomic group
\RDate:\h.* Match a newline, Date: and the rest of the line(?:\R(?!Date:|[A-Z][A-Z]\d{3}\b).*)* Match all lines that do not start with either Date: or a pattern like the start value){2,} Close the group and repeat 2 or more timesSee a regex demo.