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--- action:Search_and_Replace [2021/10/14 08:01] – peternlewis
+++ action:Search_and_Replace [2023/09/12 09:30] (current) – peternlewis
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 Prior to v8.0 there were separate Search and Replace Variable and Search and Replace Clipboard actions and the results always went back to the source variable or clipboard.
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+{{:action:searchreplace.png?nolink|}}
 You can search for:
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+Note that you can use tokens in the replace field (eg `%Variable%Whatever%`), but that when those tokens are expanded, the contents will themselves not be further expanded, so, for example you could not have a variable that contains `$1` and expect that to be replaced by a the corresponding capture group. You could use an AppleScript like this:
+```applescript
+tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
+	set src to getvariable "Source"
+	set s to getvariable "Search"
+	set r to getvariable "Replace"
+	set o to search src for s replace r with regex
+end tell
+```
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