Re: replacing text found using regular expression

There may be a way to get around using iSeries Projects ... you basically 
just have to be able to open the member with the text editor.  You could 
open it with LPEX, then close it, then open the temp cached copy in your 
workspace using the local file system, then save, then close, then reopen 
with LPEX.  I think so anyway ... I'm just making an educated guess. There 
may even be an easier way to do it if you try hard enough.

Glad to see someone else thinks this would be useful addition to LPEX!
Adam

wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 26/05/2006 01:52:40 PM:

> Adam,
>    Yes thanks that works unfortunately I do not use iSeries
> Projects much.  But for instances just like this one they will do fine.
> The replace feature is so much nicer than having to paste, cursor to
> next line, cursor to insert point and then paste again.
> 
> 
> Thanks, Matt
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 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
> 
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> 
> (Case sensitive = off)
> 
> Thanks, Matt
> 
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