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At 01:00 PM 3/10/01 +1200, you wrote:
>Hi Darren
>
>{oldtext=newtext}, where, in your case, newtext=Xoldtext
>
>eg {J=XJ}.
>
>Make sure you filter out the "J's" you want, otherwise "JP" will also change
>to "XJP".
>
>If you wish to make the change case specific, put a "!" in front of the
>oldtext, eg. {!J=XJ}, which will only change capital "J's", ie "j" would not
>be affected.
>
>HTH.
>Brendon.
Brendon or others,
Is there a method of adding a prefix/suffix, for example to *all*
designators in one go, rather than having to do all the 'J's then the 'R's
etc. I think I have tried to solve this in the past and I can't recall if
I was successful. For instance how would you add a prefix to all
designators? (Humour me, treat this as a mental exercise rather than real
requirement.)
I would like enhanced pattern matching capability so we can add
prefixes/suffixes and match by more elaborate patterns - a la grep, MS Word
search/replace and many other programs. I even know that there are classes
available in C++ providing pattern matching and I assume there is similar
in Delphi.
Any others wanting pattern matching? Even simple stuff like: beginning/end
of line, include/exclude any of [list of chars], and some others of the
simpler patterns.
There is of course a method of getting pattern matching: Save as an ASCII
format file and open in a capable text editor. Alternatively, wonders
could be achieved with a export to spread. On bulk designators
manipulation, I tend to use one or other of these methods.
Ian Wilson
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