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'''Explanation of Regular Expression'''
 
'''Explanation of Regular Expression'''
  
^ Beginning of the string
+
^ Beginning of the string
. Any character
+
. Any character
+ One or more the previous character
+
+ One or more the previous character
[ ] One character of
+
[ ] One character of

Revision as of 06:01, 20 July 2016

Back to Useful Tips

  • In an open document
  • press Ctrl-H
  • Set the search Mode to Regular expression
  • In Find what: string write the following regex pattern
 ^.+[<Character to find>]
  • Leave the Replace with : string blank
  • Press Replace or Replace All




Explanation of Regular Expression

^ Beginning of the string
. Any character
+ One or more the previous character
[ ] One character of