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EMEDITOR Bookmark lines that end with specific letter (for example emails .de, .ch etc)

I am trying to bookmark only lines (in my case emails) that end with specific suffix. For example .de or .ch or .it But if I try to bookmark it takes also some email that is [email protected] (so it bookmarks this line which is [name dot it @]) Excel has this feature SORT by: Ends with: Check out excel example

I cannot find a feature that does this!

Solution

  • Are you using Filter to bookmark lines? You can use Regular Expressions to specify a more precise pattern. In this case, you are looking for the string .it at the end of a line, so use the metacharacter $ which matches the end of a line.

    Enable Regular Expressions in Filter with the button on the toolbar or the radio button in Advanced Filter. The find string would be like \.it$. Since the dot . has special meaning in Regular Expressions, I escaped it with backslash.

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    You can bookmark the filtered lines.

    I use this helpful site to test my Regex (Regular Expressions): https://regexr.com/735r9.

    I'm editing this answer because I also thought of another solution. You can add a second filter to negate .it@ matches. This would not use Regular Expressions.

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    As you can see, I match .it, but then with the second filter, I negate any .it@ matches by selecting the Negative checkmark. This might be easier to understand for some people. If you have a large file, you may notice that this method is faster since it does not use regex.