记事本++范围替换

Question

I'm trying to replace several hundred different values with a single value:(example)=

Line 115242: birth_date="850.1.1"

Line 115317: birth_date="851.1.1"

Line 115392: birth_date="855.1.1" .... etc.

I want to replace each one with: birth_date="451.1.1"

Is there a quick and easy way to do it with the replace function? (assume I don't know any of terms/acronyms/jargon)

Essencially, I'm trying to replace the range of values between:

birth_date="600.1.1" and birth_date="900.1.1"

This is in python

Answer 1

You might be able to leverage regular expressions. The range limitation makes it more difficult, but with 2 different replaces, I think we can manage it. (The complication comes from the fact you don't want to replace values like 900.4.3 .)

1. Back up your file, just to be safe.
2. Open the Replace dialog, and change Search Mode to "Regular expression".
3. Enter birth_date="[678]\\d\\d\\.\\d+\\.\\d+" in "Find what:".
4. Enter birth_date="451.1.1" in "Replace with:"
5. Press Replace All.
6. Change "Find what:" to birth_date="900\\.1\\.1" .
7. Press Replace All.

Then check to make sure it did what you wanted. A differencing tool might be helpful there. (You can compare the modified file with the back up.)

The two different regexes are necessary because of the range. The first one catches anything starting with 6 , 7 , or 8 plus any two numeric digits. The second handles the last value we want to replace, which is the first of the 900 values.