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1258.Advanced search and replace -- How to replace all lines before first blank line?
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Dilip -- 2014-10-02
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Description:
Search all non blank lines until first blank line and replace them with
notablankline
Input Sample:
Cars
Cars
Cars
Pets
Pets
Output Sample:
notablankline
notablankline
notablankline
Pets
Pets
Answer:
Hint: You need to
Download and install "Replace Pioneer"
on windows platform to finish following steps.
1. ctrl-o open text file
2. ctrl-h open 'replace' dialogue
* set 'search for pattern' to:
^(.*?)\n\n
* set 'replace with pattern' to:
replace($match,'[^\n]+','notablankline')
3. click 'replace', done.
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