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29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <topic id="textswriterguidesearch_regexpxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Using Wildcards in Text Searches</title>
31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         <filename>/text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp</filename>
32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      </topic>
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35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150099"><bookmark_value>wildcards, see regular expressions</bookmark_value>
36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <bookmark_value>searching; with wildcards</bookmark_value>
37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <bookmark_value>regular expressions;searching</bookmark_value>
38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <bookmark_value>examples for regular expressions</bookmark_value>
39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <bookmark_value>characters;finding all</bookmark_value>
40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <bookmark_value>invisible characters;finding</bookmark_value>
41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <bookmark_value>paragraph marks;searching</bookmark_value>
42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "wildcards;" and inserted wildcards crossreference</comment><comment>mw added "paragraph marks;"</comment>
43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150099" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"
44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski                 oldref="15"><variable id="search_regexp"><link href="text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp">Using Wildcards in Text Searches</link>
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46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0509200916345516" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Wildcards or placeholders can be used to search for some unspecified or even invisible characters.</paragraph>
47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155182" role="paragraph" oldref="50">You can use wildcards when you find and replace text in a document. For example, "s.n" finds "sun" and "son".</paragraph>
48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <list type="ordered">
49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         <listitem>
50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155907" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="40">Choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Find &amp; Replace</item>.</paragraph>
51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         </listitem>
52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         <listitem>
53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2142399" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <item type="menuitem">More Options</item> to expand the dialog.</paragraph>
54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         </listitem>
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56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155861" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="41">Select the <item type="menuitem">Regular expressions</item> check box.</paragraph>
57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         </listitem>
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59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149843" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="42">In the <item type="menuitem">Search for</item> box, type the search term and the wildcard(s) that you want to use in your search.</paragraph>
60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         </listitem>
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62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156113" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="51">Click <item type="menuitem">Find</item> or <item type="menuitem">Find All</item>.</paragraph>
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64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      </list>
65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153401" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U"
66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski                 oldref="52">Regular Expression Examples</paragraph>
67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <list type="ordered">
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69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149641" role="listitem" oldref="44">The wildcard for a single character is a period (.).</paragraph>
70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         </listitem>
71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         <listitem>
72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153136" role="listitem" oldref="43">The wildcard for zero or more occurrences of the previous character is an asterisk. For example: "123*" finds "12" "123", and "1233".</paragraph>
73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         </listitem>
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75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149609" role="listitem" oldref="45">The wildcard combination to search for zero or more occurrences of any character is a period and asterisk (.*).</paragraph>
76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         </listitem>
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78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149854" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="46">The wildcard for the end of a paragraph is a dollar sign ($). The wildcard character combination for the start of a paragraph is a caret and a period (^.).</paragraph>
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81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0509200916345545" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The wildcard for a tab character is \t.</paragraph>
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83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      </list>
84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153414" role="note" l10n="CHG" oldref="49">A search using a regular expression will work only within one paragraph. To search using a regular expression in more than one paragraph, do a separate search in each paragraph.</paragraph>
85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <section id="relatedtopics">
86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149875" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="48"><link href="text/shared/01/02100001.xhp" name="List of Wildcards">List of Wildcards</link></paragraph>
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