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386.Regular expression replace -- How to search and replace multiple terms with 1 common term in text file?

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Description:
I have multiple terms that I want to search for and replace with 1 common term within a string of text without changing anything else. 
Can your software help me. 
e.g. 
search for occurrences of ABIBLITY,ABIL,ABILATY,ABILILTY,ABILTITY,ABILITIY,ABILILITY,ABILIT,ABILITIE,ABILITIES,ABILITT,ABILITY,ABILITYTO,ABILIY,ABILLATY,ABILLITY,ABILTY,ABLITY,ABITLITY,ABLILTY,ALIBITY,AABILITY,ABAILITY,ABILIITY,CAN,ABLE,ENABLE,ENABLES,ENABLED,ENABLING 
replace each found occurrence within the string with ABLE
Input Sample:
Yamaha financing section unclear as to availability of various rates for 
particular models. Either unable to obtain preapproval online or just 
couldn't find it.  
Output Sample:
Yamaha financing section unclear as to availABLE of various rates for 
particular models. Either unABLE to obtain preapproval online or just 
couldn't find it
Answer:
Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps.
1. ctrl-o open your source text file 
2. ctrl-h open 'Replace' window 
* in search for pattern enter: 
 
Note: each term is separated with "|", the words should be sorted by the length, e.g. ABILITITY should come before ABIL because longer string should have higher priority, please refer to: 
http://www.mind-pioneer.com/services/387_Advanced_search_and_replace.html 
for how to sort it in one step. 
 
* check "Ignore Cases" option 
* in 'Replace with Pattern' enter: 
 
or 
 
3. Click 'Replace' button, all occurances of pre-defined phrase will be replaced with ABLE. 
Download Script:  scripts/386.rst.zip

Screenshot 1:  Replace_Window


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