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Regular Expression Modifier

Used for modifying of a text source using of regular expressions. Deleting, inserting and replacing of the data defined on regular expression given by the user are possible.

Source

Set text source, which is used to modify data.

Expression

Set regular expression.

Action

Set up action, made with retreived data. The following actions are possible:

Delete Results

Deleting of the retrieved data.

Insert Text Before Results

Inserting of the given text in front of the retrieved data.

Replace Results

Replacement of the retrieved block with the given text.

Insert Text After Results

Inserting of the given text after the retrieved block.

New Text Strings

Set up the texts, used while action is executed.

Process All Matches

Enables modification of the all retrieved data, otherwise only the first data, satisfying regular expression will be modified.

Expression Flags

Configure the additional options of regular expressions.

Result not Begin of Line

When this flag is checked, the result is not the beginning of line

Result not End of Line

When this flag is checked, the result is not the end of line

Result not Begin of Word

When this flag is checked, the result is not the begin of word

Result not End of Word

When this flag is checked, the result is not the end of word

Dot not Match Newline

When this flag is checked, the "." expression is not carriage return.

Dot not Match Null

When this flag is checked, the "." expression is not null-symbol.

Match Any Results

When this flag is checked, the result is first appropriate string instead of finding a largest string. This flag can save the time of finding the coincidence.

Match Partial Results

When this flag is checked, the result is partially appropriate string. It means that one or some symbols at te end of the input text is equal to some regular expressions prefixes.

The complete regular expression reference could be found at Microsoft site: Introduction to Regular Expressions. Or Wikipedia site

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Modifiers