Regular expression replace

Question

I have to replace "something" in file with :something. My editor is kate can anyone suggest a search expression and placeholder for that.

Example

Input

"code"
"name"
"remark"

Output

:code
:name
:remark

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '09 at 09:10

12

search for "(\w+)", replace with :\1

answered Aug 29 '09 at 09:10

dfa

1

am expecting an explanation for "(\w+)" and \1.what r they – Biju CD Aug 29 '09 at 09:15
3

search tutorial grouping and back references – dfa Aug 29 '09 at 09:18
@dfa can i use it through perl s/g – Biju CD Aug 29 '09 at 09:26
A blog post concerning this question/ answer: http://labs.sasslantis.ee/2012/05/kate-and-replace-with-regular-expressions/ – Gerald Senarclens de Grancy Jun 15 '13 at 21:53
Works as a charm. Thanks. Stress in the need to use parentheses. I used to replace single-line style comments (cpp) to multiple-line style comments (c ansi). search: `(//)(.*)` replace: `/* \2 */` Very useful. – DrBeco Aug 11 '14 at 04:25

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '09 at 09:08

3

search: (something)
replace: :\1

answered Aug 29 '09 at 09:08

Vitaly Dyatlov

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 29 '09 at 09:07

0

Why isn't a simple search and replace suitable? pattern: something replace: :something

answered Aug 29 '09 at 09:07

erenon

3 Answers3