User: editor -- 2010-01-08 << 385 387 >> |
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Type: Regular expression replace |
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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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