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subbu_valliappa
Contributor
9 years ago

Search and Replace to include multiple lines (using DelphiScript)

I have these two lines in a text file:   string1 string2   I want to find these two lines and replace with a single line:   string3   The scripts that I have is as follows:   //Create a re...
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    joseph_michaud
    9 years ago

    The file contains only newlines (and no carriage returns).  Change your search expression to either of the following

     

    runlogRegEx.Expression := 'string1'+#10+'string2';
...
runlogRegEx.Expression := 'string1\nstring2';

     

    The regular expression syntax used by HISUtils.RegExpr is more completely described here:

     

    Tokens Used in Native Regular Expressions

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subbu_valliappa
Contributor

Thanks for looking into this.

 

I have tried creating a ".run" file myself and this works as well.

 

However, the problem happens when I use the ".run" file which is generated by one of products. Please find the ".run" file attached.

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joseph_michaud
Moderator
9 years ago

The file contains only newlines (and no carriage returns).  Change your search expression to either of the following

 

runlogRegEx.Expression := 'string1'+#10+'string2';
...
runlogRegEx.Expression := 'string1\nstring2';

 

The regular expression syntax used by HISUtils.RegExpr is more completely described here:

 

Tokens Used in Native Regular Expressions

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    subbu_valliappa
    Contributor
    9 years ago

    Thanks, Joseph.

     

    Works fine now.