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--- action:Search_and_Replace_Variable [2015/07/12 20:45]
mirazjordan Extend with examples
+++ action:Search_and_Replace_Variable [2017/09/07 06:01] (current)
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-The Search and Replace Variable action allows you to search a variable for text and replace the found text.
+~~REDIRECT>action:Search_and_Replace~~
-{{: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|}}

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