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--- action:Search_and_Replace_Variable [2015/07/09 14:26]
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+++ action:Search_and_Replace_Variable [2016/11/21 18:51]
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-Search and replace the value of a variable, optionally using regular expressions, and allowing Text Tokens. The replacement can also include $1 tokens for regular expression replacements.
+The Search and Replace Variable action allows you to search a variable for text and replace the found text.
+{{:action:searchreplacevariableaction.png|}}
+You can search for:
+  * Strings, matching the case.
+  * Strings, ignoring the case.
+  * Regular Expression, matching the case.
+  * Regular Expression, ignoring the case.
+Select the variable to search using the //Search variable// pop-up.
+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, calculations, clipboards and other tokens to enter in the text area.
+Examples:
+  * Search for a string such as Monday and replace with Tuesday.
+  * Use a regular expression to search through a list of names where the last name appears first and switch them to be First Name Last Name. In its simplest form this could look like the following:
+Search for: (.+) (.+)
+Replace with: $2 $1
+{{:action:searchreplacevariable.png|}}
+Which results in:
+{{:action:searchreplaceclipboardresult.png|}}
+===== See Also =====
+----
+=== Actions ===
+* [[action:Search Clipboard|Search Clipboard]]
+* [[action:Search Variable|Search Variable]]
+* [[:Actions|See all Actions]]
+----
+==== Documentation ====
+* [[:Regular Expressions|Regular Expressions]]
+==== Forum ====
+- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/extracting-substring-of-a-variable/3007/2|Extracting substring of a Variable]]
+- [[https://www.google.com/search?q=site:forum.keyboardmaestro.com+Search+Replace+Variable|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Search and Replace Variable]]

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