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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. | 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. | ||
| - | {{:action:searchreplace.png?nolink&516|}} | + | {{:action:searchreplace.png?nolink|}} |
| You can search for: | You can search for: | ||
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| {{:action:search-replace-example-result.png?nolink&511|}} | {{:action:search-replace-example-result.png?nolink&511|}} | ||
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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: | ||
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| + | ```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 | ||
| + | ``` | ||
| ===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
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