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| Select the kind of search to run, from the //using// pop-up. Then enter the text to search for in the text area. | Select the kind of search to run, from the //using// pop-up. Then enter the text to search for in the text area. | ||
| - | Enter what to replace the found text with in the //and replace with// text area. Use the arrow at the right of the text area to select variables, clipboards and other tokens to enter in the text area. | + | Enter what to replace the found text with in the //and replace with// text area. Use the arrow at the right of the text area to select variables, clipboards and other tokens to enter in the text area. The replacement text can refer to captured matches using either `$1` or `\1` notation (eg `%Calculate%CHARACTERS(\1)%` would be the count of characters in the first capture match (v8+)). |
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| + | Like other [[/Text_Fields|Text Fields]], you can use text case conversion escape sequences like `\U` and `\L` in the replacement field. | ||
| Select where you want the result to be saved (back to the source, or to some other variable or clipboard or file). | Select where you want the result to be saved (back to the source, or to some other variable or clipboard or file). | ||
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| Search for: (.+) (.+) | Search for: (.+) (.+) | ||
| Replace with: $2 $1 | Replace with: $2 $1 | ||
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| {{:action:search-replace-example.png?nolink&516|}} | {{:action:search-replace-example.png?nolink&516|}} | ||
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| - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/search?q=Search%20 Replace |Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Search Replace]] | - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/search?q=Search%20 Replace |Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Search Replace]] | ||
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action/Search_and_Replace.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/12 05:30 by peternlewis
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