Re: replacing text found using regular expression

What you're after is called 'capturing groups'.  The text editor in 
Eclipse does it.  I've requested it as an enhancement to LPEX, so I think 
it's "on the list".

The problem with the text editor is that it sees the date area and 
sequence numbers as part of the text so anything using beginning of the 
line (^) logic is much trickier.  For what you're after it might work. Add 
the member to an iSeries Project.  Right click the member, then open with 
text editor.

Find: reffld(\([A-Z]*\))$
Replace: REFFLD$1 ALWNULL

The ( ) around the regular expression \([A-Z]*\) marks it as a capturing 
group.  $1 in the replace is set to whatever the first capturing group 
finds.  You can nest capturing groups and reference them within the find 
as well.  Hit F1 in the find dialog to get info about the regular 
expressions.

Hope this helps,
Adam





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To all,

            I use regular expressions to find text a lot.  Now I need to
replace text (or in the current case append new text). My example is 

 

Before:

     A            CDPHMCP   R               REFFLD(POSFLAG)  <-- there a
a lot more of these lines

After: 

     A            CDPHMCP   R               REFFLD(POSFLAG) ALWNULL

 

I use Find, using regular expressions like: reffld\([A-Z]*\)$  The
reference name will not always be the same and in many cases is not, so
the replacement text cannot be static. 

 

Does anyone know of a way in WDSC find/replace tool to replace using a
regular expression pattern?  Something like...

 

FIND:   REFFLD\([A-Z]*\)$ 

REPLACE:     REFFLD\([A-Z]*\)$ ALWNULL

 

(Case sensitive = off)

Thanks, Matt