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--- action:Search_Clipboard [2015/07/09 14:27]
jimmyhartington created
+++ action:Search_Clipboard [2016/04/27 04:35]
peternlewis
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-Search the system or a Named Clipboard using regular expressions, and capturing the results.
+The Search Clipboard action allows you to search the system clipboard or a named clipboard for a regular expression and capture what you find to one or more variables. This can be very useful for splitting apart the contents of a clipboard.
+{{:action:searchclipboard.png|}}
+You can search for:
+  * Regular Expression, matching the case.
+  * Regular Expression, ignoring the case.
+Select the clipboard to search using the //Search// pop-up.
+Select whether or not to match the case from the //using Regular Expression// pop-up. Then enter the text to search for in the text area.
+Select where to save results with the //and save capture groups to Variables// pop-up. Depending on the nature of your search you may simply be presented with an //All// option, or with the opportunity to save multiple results to multiple variables.
+If the search fails, by default (7.1+) the action will abort the macro and notify you of the failure.  The destination variables will not be modified.  You can turn off aborting the macro and/or notifying you in the gear menu (the destination variables will still not be modified in this case).
+Examples:
+  * Use a regular expression to search through a product price list and save only certain parts of it. Given a line like
+//SKU1234	Widget 1	$12.95//
+this could look like the following:
+Search for: (SKU\d{4})\t(.+)\t(.+)
+And capture: the first and third bracketed items to save only the SKU number and the price. To work through a list you would need to include a loop or repeat of some kind.
+{{:action:searchclipboardexample.png|}}
+Which results in:
+{{:action:searchvariableresult.png|}}

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