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* Forward search - search top to bottom. Each line is searched from left to right.
 
* Forward search - search top to bottom. Each line is searched from left to right.
 
* Backward search - search bottom to top. Each line is searched forward - left to right.
 
* Backward search - search bottom to top. Each line is searched forward - left to right.
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== Regular Expressions ==
 
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=== Special Chars in Search Term ===
 
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If you checked Regular Expression, you can use the following special chars in the search term
 
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(list is not complete)
 
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;\\: Matches a single \
 
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;\n: Matches a newline
 
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;\(: Matches a normal Bracket (
 
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;(): Remembers the text matched. See $n in next section
 
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;.: Any single one character
 
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;[]: Exactly one of the chars listed inside the brackets ( [aeiou] => one vowel )
 
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; *: 0, 1 or more of the char before ( .* => as many chars as possible )
 
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;+:    1 or more of the char before ( .+ => as many chars as possible, minimum 1 )
 
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;?: 1 or 0 of the char before
 
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; *?  +?  ??: same as * + ?, but as little as possible
 
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;|: either the term before or the term after
 
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=== Special Chars in Replace Term ===
 
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If you checked Regular Expression, you can use the followin special chars in the replace term
 
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;\\: Inserts *one* normal backslash
 
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;$n ${n}: Where n is a number between 1 and 15. Inserts a copy the part of the found text matching the nth  pair of bracket "()" in the search term (eg $1 for the first char after foo, if the search term was "foo(.)" )
 
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;\n: Inserts a Linebreak
 
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;\l \u: Lower or Uppercases the *next* Char. Use this in front of $n. \u$1 Will insert the match from the first brackets, but with it's first char made uppercase
 
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;\L \U: Lower or Uppercase the *full* text of the next $n. The $n must follow immediately
 

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If this dialog is invoked by Ctrl+F or by Search > Find then it the replace buttons and options are disabled.

If this dialog is invoked by Ctrl+R or by Search > Replace then the replace options will be enabled.

  • Text to Find
  • Replace With

The above two comboboxes contain the last searched texts and replace patterns. Cursor Down will go back in history and fetch the last text to find.

Hint: You can choose, whether the IDE starts the dialog with the word at the cursor in the source editor or with a blank field in Environment -> Editor Options -> General -> Find text at cursor

Options

  • Case sensitive - distinguish lower case and upper case (a and A)
  • Whole words only - The found text must start at a word start and end at a word end
  • Regular Expressions - see IDE regular expressions
  • Multi line - not implemented yet
  • Prompt on replace - ask before replacing (only enabled if replacing)

Origin

  • From Cursor - start search at cursor. If direction is forward, it searches till the end of the file
  • Entire Scope - If direction is forward it starts searching at the beginning of the file and searches till the end.

Scope

  • Global - search in whole file
  • Selected Text - limit the search to the selected text

Hint: To search multiple files use Search -> Find in files.

Direction

  • Forward search - search top to bottom. Each line is searched from left to right.
  • Backward search - search bottom to top. Each line is searched forward - left to right.
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