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diff --git a/helpcontent2/source/text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp b/helpcontent2/source/text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ef209ff8e --- /dev/null +++ b/helpcontent2/source/text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<helpdocument version="1.0"> +<!-- + * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. + * + * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. + * + * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: + * + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed + * with this work for additional information regarding copyright + * ownership. 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You may obtain a copy of + * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . + --> + +<meta> + <topic id="textswriterguidesearch_regexpxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> + <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Using Regular Expressions in Text Searches</title> + <filename>/text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp</filename> + </topic> +</meta> + +<body> + <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150099"> + <bookmark_value>searching; with regular expressions</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>regular expressions;searching</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>examples for regular expressions</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>characters;finding all</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>invisible characters;finding</bookmark_value> + <bookmark_value>paragraph marks;searching</bookmark_value> + </bookmark> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150099" role="heading" level="1"><variable id="search_regexp"><link href="text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp">Using Regular Expressions in Text Searches</link></variable></paragraph> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0509200916345516" role="paragraph">Regular expressions can be used to search for some unspecified or even invisible characters.</paragraph> + <note id="par_id421554926388821">Searching with regular expressions is different from searching with wildcards. %PRODUCTNAME Writer only supports searching with regular expressions.</note> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155182" role="paragraph">You can use regular expressions when you find and replace text in a document. For example, "s.n" finds "sun" and "son".</paragraph> + <list type="ordered"> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155907" role="listitem">Choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Find & Replace</item>.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2142399" role="listitem">Click <item type="menuitem">More Options</item> to expand the dialog.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155861" role="listitem">Select the <item type="menuitem">Regular expressions</item> check box.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149843" role="listitem">In the <item type="menuitem">Find</item> box, type the search term and the regular expression(s) that you want to use in your search.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156113" role="listitem">Click <item type="menuitem">Find Next</item> or <item type="menuitem">Find All</item>.</paragraph> + </listitem> + </list> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153401" role="heading" level="2">Regular Expression Examples</paragraph> + <list type="ordered"> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149641" role="listitem">The regular expression for a single character is a period (.).</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153136" role="listitem">The regular expression for zero or more occurrences of the previous character is an asterisk. For example: "123*" finds "12" "123", and "1233".</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149609" role="listitem">The regular expression combination to search for zero or more occurrences of any character is a period and asterisk (.*).</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149854" role="listitem">The regular expression for the end of a paragraph is a dollar sign ($). The regular expression character combination for the start of a paragraph is a caret and a period (^.).</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0509200916345545" role="listitem">The regular expression for a tab character is \t.</paragraph> + </listitem> + </list> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153414" role="note">A search using a regular expression will work only within one paragraph. To search using a regular expression in more than one paragraph, do a separate search in each paragraph.</paragraph> + <section id="relatedtopics"> + <embed href="text/shared/01/02100001.xhp#02100001"/> + <embed href="text/scalc/guide/wildcards.xhp#wildcards_h1"/> + </section> +</body> +</helpdocument> |