1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * under the License. 22*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * 23*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 24*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist 25*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist 26cdf0e10cSrcweir 27cdf0e10cSrcweir 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir <topic id="textswriterguidesearch_regexpxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Using Wildcards in Text Searches</title> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir <filename>/text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp</filename> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir </topic> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir </meta> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir <body> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150099"><bookmark_value>wildcards, see regular expressions</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>searching; with wildcards</bookmark_value> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>regular expressions;searching</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>examples for regular expressions</bookmark_value> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>characters;finding all</bookmark_value> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>invisible characters;finding</bookmark_value> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>paragraph marks;searching</bookmark_value> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "wildcards;" and inserted wildcards crossreference</comment><comment>mw added "paragraph marks;"</comment> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150099" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 44cdf0e10cSrcweir oldref="15"><variable id="search_regexp"><link href="text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp">Using Wildcards in Text Searches</link> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155907" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="40">Choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Find & Replace</item>.</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2142399" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <item type="menuitem">More Options</item> to expand the dialog.</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153401" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 66cdf0e10cSrcweir oldref="52">Regular Expression Examples</paragraph> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149641" role="listitem" oldref="44">The wildcard for a single character is a period (.).</paragraph> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0509200916345545" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The wildcard for a tab character is \t.</paragraph> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir <section id="relatedtopics"> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>