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For example I have:
Apple:123456789:pear
watermelon:57952161354:kfc
How do I delete the text that's between the ":" to get this:
Apple:apple
watermelon:kfc
hustler225
Posted 2015-11-22T14:56:28.993
Reputation: 99
How do I delete text between 2 characters?
Answers
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How do I replace all text between 2 :s with a single :?
Menu "Search" > "Replace" (or Ctrl + H)
Set "Find what" to
:.*?:Set "Replace with" to
:Enable "Regular expression"
Click "Replace All"
Before:
Apple:123456789:pear
watermelon:57952161354:kfc
After:
Apple:pear
watermelon:kfc
Further reading
DavidPostill
Posted 2015-11-22T14:56:28.993
Reputation: 118 938
I would say that
:[^:]++:would be much more efficient - but that only really matters if the text file is large. You could also try replacing:[^:]++(?=:)with the empty string - but I'm not sure if notepad supports lookaround. – Boris the Spider – 2015-11-22T19:33:41.853