Comments on: Multi-line Search and Replace in Visual Studio http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/ Tips that might be useful Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:11:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ankit http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Ankit Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:22:36 +0000 http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/#comment-111 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-78"> <strong><a href="#comment-78" rel="nofollow">Eric</a> :</strong> I agree with Jared. I mean, this is the kind of standard feature in programs like Dreamweaver since…I don’t know…1998. I mean, really, you can’t search and replace multiple lines of text any easier than this? Here’s a better way: Open up your site in Dreamweaver, use its find-and-replace..then close Dreamweaver and re-open VS. Tada! No regular expressions writing. </blockquote> Eric, you are a genius. and I am a fool. Why did I not think of it? :)

Eric :
I agree with Jared. I mean, this is the kind of standard feature in programs like Dreamweaver since…I don’t know…1998.
I mean, really, you can’t search and replace multiple lines of text any easier than this?
Here’s a better way: Open up your site in Dreamweaver, use its find-and-replace..then close Dreamweaver and re-open VS. Tada! No regular expressions writing.

Eric, you are a genius. and I am a fool. Why did I not think of it? :)

]]> By: Ankit http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Ankit Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:21:54 +0000 http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/#comment-110 Eric, you are a genius. and I am a fool. Why did I not think of it? :) Eric, you are a genius. and I am a fool. Why did I not think of it? :)

]]> By: Danzig http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Danzig Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:16:34 +0000 http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/#comment-101 Fully agree with Jared and Eric. This is pathetic. Fully agree with Jared and Eric. This is pathetic.

]]> By: Thomas K. Nielsen http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Thomas K. Nielsen Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:29:33 +0000 http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/#comment-82 Just what I needed. Thanks for this tip. Just what I needed. Thanks for this tip.

]]> By: Eric http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Eric Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:53:41 +0000 http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/#comment-78 I agree with Jared. I mean, this is the kind of standard feature in programs like Dreamweaver since...I don't know...1998. I mean, really, you can't search and replace multiple lines of text any easier than this? Here's a better way: Open up your site in Dreamweaver, use its find-and-replace..then close Dreamweaver and re-open VS. Tada! No regular expressions writing. I agree with Jared. I mean, this is the kind of standard feature in programs like Dreamweaver since…I don’t know…1998.

I mean, really, you can’t search and replace multiple lines of text any easier than this?

Here’s a better way: Open up your site in Dreamweaver, use its find-and-replace..then close Dreamweaver and re-open VS. Tada! No regular expressions writing.

]]> By: Jared http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Jared Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:37:59 +0000 http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/#comment-76 This is ridiculous. What was MS thinking? This is ridiculous. What was MS thinking?

]]> By: Simon Morris http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Simon Morris Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:54:17 +0000 http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/#comment-74 This was a useful post, thanks. I used this technique to reformat some xml files from: to: Find: OldElement{.*\n.*\n.*\n.*\n.*}OldElement Replace: NewElement\1NewElement This was a useful post, thanks. I used this technique to reformat some xml files from:

to:

Find: OldElement{.*\n.*\n.*\n.*\n.*}OldElement
Replace: NewElement\1NewElement

]]> By: Ross Youngblood http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Ross Youngblood Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:58:57 +0000 http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/#comment-58 This doesn't appear to work in Visual Studio 6.0 (What we are stuck with). (Regexp searches don't work with \n. or \r or \r\n... that... that is I haven't gotten them to work yet. This doesn’t appear to work in Visual Studio 6.0 (What we are stuck with).
(Regexp searches don’t work with \n.
or \r or \r\n… that… that is I haven’t gotten them to work yet.

]]> By: Waqqas Farooq http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Waqqas Farooq Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:24:50 +0000 http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/#comment-44 Is it possible we could use regular expressions only for the replace text and not the find text? e.g. I have the text "\n\n\n" I want to search for \n and replace it to line feeds. Is it possible we could use regular expressions only for the replace text and not the find text? e.g. I have the text “\n\n\n” I want to search for \n and replace it to line feeds.

]]> By: Kenny http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Kenny Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:39:39 +0000 http://patricksheedy.net/softwareblog/2008/01/14/multi-line-search-and-replace-in-visual-studio/#comment-40 Thanks for the tip. It led me down the right path. Your solution is not quite complete, though. The Text you enter for "Find What" has to be a valid regular expression. You will have to escape lots of special characters, like parenthesis and braces when searching for code blocks. Thanks for the tip. It led me down the right path. Your solution is not quite complete, though.

The Text you enter for “Find What” has to be a valid regular expression. You will have to escape lots of special characters, like parenthesis and braces when searching for code blocks.

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