Replacing occurrences in selected sources (Multisource Search)

Access

To find and replace all occurrences of a string in all of the selected sources, select the Replace occurrences option in the context-sensitive menu for either the Result or Total tab in the Multisource Search window.

Data entry

Find what

Character string to be located.

If any text (source or help text) is selected in the active document when the dialog box is opened, it is shown in this field.

Default value: search string in the Criteria Definition tab.

The associated button lets you select a number of common elements found in regular expressions.

Click here to display the list

Expression	Description
Any character	Represents any single character (.)
Character range	Enters a range of possible characters ([]) Example: [A-Z]
Line start	Locks the expression at the start of the line (^) Valid only at the start of an expression.
End of line	Locks the expression at the end of the line ($) Valid only at the end of an expression.
Stored subexpression	Subexpression that is stored for the Find and Replace function (())
Non-stored subexpression	Subexpression that is not stored (())
Or	Logical OR (\|) Example: num_bin_2\|num_bin_4
Zero, one or more occurrences	Repeats the expression zero, one or more times (*)
One or more occurrences	Repeats the expression at least once (+)
Quantifier	Repeats the expression in a quantified manner (x times, or from x to y times ({}) Example: {2,5} expression repeated between 2 and 5 times.
	* equivalent to {0,} + equivalent to {1,}
Space	Represents spacing characters (\s)
ID character	Represents a character that can be part of an identifier (for Adelia, except for EBCDIC characters) (\w).
Decimal digit	Represents a digit (\d). Equivalent to [0-9]

Replace with

Character string that will be inserted in place of the string specified in the Find what field.

By default, this is the last string used for the Replace function.

The associated button lets you select a number of common elements found in regular expressions.

Text found	Represents the text found during the search for a regular expression ($0).
Stored expression [1-9]	Text of the stored expression that corresponds to the selected number ($1-$9).

Note: If you are searching for a regular expression and want to include a "$" character in the replacement expression, you must double it ($$) to prevent the system from interpreting it as a stored expression.

Check boxes

Match case

Checked	The search concerns the character string exactly as it is entered, with the same use of upper and lower case.
Not checked	The search is not case-sensitive.

Regular expression

Checked	The input string is interpreted as a regular expression.
Not checked	The search is performed on the text in the input string.

Buttons

Replace all

Finds all occurrences that match the criteria specified in the dialog box and automatically replaces them with the string specified in the Replace with field.

The strings are replaced in all the sources selected in the Criteria Definition tab.

Cancel

Closes the dialog box without starting a search.

Keyboard shortcut: Esc.

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