Thursday, September 14, 2023

Replace the text before the second occurrence of "-"

 To replace the text before the second "-" in Notepad++, you can use the following regular expression:


Find: `^.*?-(.*?)-`


Replace with: `Your Replacement Text-`


Explanation:


- `^` : Matches the start of the line.

- `.*?` : Matches any characters lazily (non-greedy) before the first "-".

- `-(.*?)-` : Matches the first "-" followed by any characters lazily (non-greedy) until the second "-", capturing the characters in between.


The replace expression replaces the matched text with the desired replacement followed by a "-". 


Make sure to enable the "Regular expression" search mode in Notepad++ before using this expression.

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