Find and Replace

The Find and Replace window lets you quickly find and replace text in a template. To open it, press Ctrl+F or Ctrl+H.

Options

Option	What it does
Find what	The text to find.
Replace with	The text to replace it with.
Look in	Where to search. To search only the current document, select Current Document.
Match case	Matches only text with the same case. Otherwise, case is ignored.
Match whole word	Matches only whole words. Otherwise, text also matches inside words.
Search up	Searches from the cursor to the top of the file. Otherwise, the search goes from the cursor to the end of the file.
Use	Searches with regular expressions or wildcards.

Button	What it does
Find Next	Finds the next match in the file.
Replace	Replaces the next match in the file.
Replace All	Replaces all matches in the file.

Regular expressions

To search with regular expressions, select the Use check box and then Regular Expressions. You can use this syntax:

Expression	Matches
.	Any single character
*	Zero or more
+	One or more
^	Beginning of line
$	End of line
\b	Word boundary
\s	White space
\n	Line break
[]	Any one character in the set
[^]	Any one character not in the set
|	Or
\	Escape special character

Replacing with a regular expression

You can use captured groups in the replacement text. For example, to remove the Get prefix from method names that start with Get and end with Result, such as GetApplicationResult:

1. Select the Use check box and then Regular Expressions.
2. In Find what, enter Get(\w+)Result. This captures the letters between Get and Result.
3. In Replace with, enter $1Result.
4. Click Replace All.

Every match is updated. For example, GetApplicationResult becomes ApplicationResult.

Wildcards

To search with wildcards, select the Use check box and then Wildcards. You can use this syntax:

Wildcard	Matches
*	Zero or more of any character
?	Any one character
#	Any single digit
[]	Any one character in the set
[^]	Any one character not in the set