| User: colin -- 2014-03-28 << 1187 1189 >> |
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| Type: Advanced search and replace |
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| Description: |
| is there a way I can go through changing "ou" to "i" in strings, where "ou" has more than 2 groups of letters before it. but leaving words where ou has either 1 or 2 letter groups before it. What i am trying to do is change "ou" in long strings but leave it in shorter |
| Input Sample: |
| ================= g,l,a,m,or,ou,s, sh,a,m,or,ou,s,l,y g,r,ie,v,ou,s,n,e,ss, ch,e,ai,k,i,ng,ou,s ================= ar,ou,s,i,ng, b,ou,s,er, b,l,ou,s,e |
| Output Sample: |
| ================= g,l,a,m,or,i,s, sh,a,m,or,i,s,l,y g,r,ie,v,i,s,n,e,ss, ch,e,ai,k,i,ng,i,s ================= ar,ou,s,i,ng, b,ou,s,er, b,l,ou,s,e |
| Answer: |
| Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps. |
| 1. ctrl-o open 'text' file 2. ctrl-h open 'replace' dialogue * set 'search for pattern' to 'Chars' * set 'replace with pattern' to 'Line' * set 'search for pattern' to: * set 'replace with pattern' to: 3. click 'replace', done. 4. ctrl-s save to file. |
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