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For example, the search term "sh.rt" returns both "shirt" and "short".</paragraph> 661b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 671b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 681b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 691b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 701b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154682" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="21">^</paragraph> 711b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 721b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 731b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155351" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="22">Only finds the search term if the term is at the beginning of a paragraph. Special objects such as empty fields or character-anchored frames, at the beginning of a paragraph are ignored. Example: "^Peter".</paragraph> 741b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 751b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 761b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 771b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 781b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159194" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="23">$</paragraph> 791b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 801b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 811b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152542" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="24">Only finds the search term if the term appears at the end of a paragraph. Special objects such as empty fields or character-anchored frames at the end of a paragraph are ignored. Example: "Peter$".</paragraph> 821b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 831b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 841b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 851b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 861b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156414" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="25">*</paragraph> 871b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 881b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 891b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155555" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="26">Finds zero or more of the characters in front of the "*". For example, "Ab*c" finds "Ac", "Abc", "Abbc", "Abbbc", and so on.</paragraph> 901b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 911b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 921b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 931b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 941b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147399" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="27">+</paragraph> 951b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 961b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 971b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3157958" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="28">Finds one or more of the characters in front of the "+". For example, "AX.+4" finds "AXx4", but not "AX4".</paragraph> 981b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145313" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="207">The longest possible string that matches this search pattern in a paragraph is always found. If the paragraph contains the string "AX 4 AX4", the entire passage is highlighted.</paragraph> 991b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1001b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 1011b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 1021b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1031b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3143267" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="199">?</paragraph> 1041b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1051b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1061b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153684" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="200">Finds zero or one of the characters in front of the "?". For example, "Texts?" finds "Text" and "Texts" and "x(ab|c)?y" finds "xy", "xaby", or "xcy".</paragraph> 1071b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1081b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 1091b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 1101b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1111b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166410" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="158">\</paragraph> 1121b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1131b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1141b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147209" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="159">Search interprets the special character that follows the "\" as a normal character and not as a regular expression (except for the combinations \n, \t, \>, and \<). For example, "tree\." finds "tree.", not "treed" or "trees".</paragraph> 1151b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1161b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 1171b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 1181b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1191b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152945" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="166">\n</paragraph> 1201b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1211b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1221b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153700" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="167">Represents a line break that was inserted with the Shift+Enter key combination. To change a line break into a paragraph break, enter <emph>\n</emph> in the <emph>Search for</emph> and <emph>Replace with</emph> boxes, and then perform a search and replace.</paragraph> 1231b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9262672" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">\n in the <emph>Search for</emph> text box stands for a line break that was inserted with the Shift+Enter key combination.</paragraph> 1241b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2366100" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">\n in the <emph>Replace with</emph> text box stands for a paragraph break that can be entered with the Enter or Return key.</paragraph> 1251b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1261b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 1271b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 1281b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1291b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153258" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="29">\t</paragraph> 1301b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1311b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1321b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3157809" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="30">Represents a tab. You can also use this expression in the <emph>Replace with</emph> box.</paragraph> 1331b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1341b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 1351b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 1361b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1371b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150670" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="35">\b</paragraph> 1381b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1391b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1401b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153666" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="36">Match a word boundary. For example, "\bbook" finds "bookmark" but not "checkbook" whereas "book\b" finds "checkbook" but not "bookmark". The discrete word "book" is found by both search terms.</paragraph> 1411b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1421b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 1431b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 1441b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1451b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149576" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="37">^$</paragraph> 1461b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1471b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1481b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151245" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="38">Finds an empty paragraph.</paragraph> 1491b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1501b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 1511b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 1521b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1531b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148550" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="41">^.</paragraph> 1541b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1551b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1561b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159413" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="42">Finds the first character of a paragraph.</paragraph> 1571b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1581b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 1591b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 1601b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1611b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147282" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="43">& or $0</paragraph> 1621b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1631b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1641b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153961" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="44">Adds the string that was found by the search criteria in the <emph>Search for</emph> box to the term in the <emph>Replace with</emph> box when you make a replacement.</paragraph> 1651b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149650" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="201">For example, if you enter "window" in the <emph>Search for</emph> box and "&frame" in the <emph>Replace with</emph> box, the word "window" is replaced with "windowframe".</paragraph> 1661b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150543" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="206">You can also enter an "&" in the <emph>Replace with</emph> box to modify the <emph>Attributes</emph> or the <emph>Format</emph> of the string found by the search criteria.</paragraph> 1671b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1681b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 1691b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 1701b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1711b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145419" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="172">[abc123]</paragraph> 1721b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1731b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1741b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154630" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="173">Represents one of the characters that are between the brackets.</paragraph> 1751b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1761b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 1771b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 1781b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1791b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156293" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="174">[a-e]</paragraph> 1801b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1811b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1821b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149167" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="175">Represents any of the characters that are between a and e, including both start and end characters</paragraph> 1831b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id100520090232005" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">The characters are ordered by their code numbers.</paragraph> 1841b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1851b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 1861b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 1871b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1881b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155994" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="176">[a-eh-x]</paragraph> 1891b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1901b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1911b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148676" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="177">Represents any of the characters that are between a-e and h-x.</paragraph> 1921b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1931b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 1941b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 1951b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1961b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145318" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="178">[^a-s]</paragraph> 1971b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 1981b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 1991b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153351" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="179">Represents everything that is not between a and s.</paragraph> 2001b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2011b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 2021b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 2031b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2041b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156543" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="180">\xXXXX</paragraph> 2051b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2061b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2071b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153768" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="181">Represents a special character based on its four-digit hexadecimal code (XXXX).</paragraph> 2081b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159252" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="208">The code for the special character depends on the font used. You can view the codes by choosing <emph>Insert - Special Character</emph>.</paragraph> 2091b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2101b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 2111b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 2121b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2131b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153951" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="186">|</paragraph> 2141b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2151b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2161b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154985" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="187">Finds the terms that occur before the "|" and also finds the terms that occur after the "|". For example, "this|that" finds "this" and "that".</paragraph> 2171b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2181b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 2191b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 2201b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2211b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147376" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="209">{2}</paragraph> 2221b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2231b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2241b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150103" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="210">Defines the number of times that the character in front of the opening bracket occurs. For example, "tre{2}" finds and selects "tree".</paragraph> 2251b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2261b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 2271b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 2281b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2291b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151289" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="211">{1,2}</paragraph> 2301b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2311b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2321b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147317" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="212">Defines the minimum and maximum number of times that the character in front of the opening bracket can occur. For example, "tre{1,2}" finds and selects "tre" and "tree".</paragraph> 2331b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2341b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 2351b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 2361b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2371b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4870754" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">{1,}</paragraph> 2381b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2391b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2401b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id843836" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Defines the minimum number of times that the character in front of the opening bracket can occur. For example, "tre{2,}" finds "tree", "treee", and "treeeee".</paragraph> 2411b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2421b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 2431b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 2441b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2451b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148616" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="213">( )</paragraph> 2461b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2471b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2481b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2701803" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Search for</emph> box:</paragraph> 2491b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153573" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="214">Defines the characters inside the parentheses as a reference. You can then refer to the first reference in the current expression with "\1", to the second reference with "\2", and so on.</paragraph> 2501b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156061" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="215">For example, if your text contains the number 13487889 and you search using the regular expression (8)7\1\1, "8788" is found.</paragraph> 2511b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2367931" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">You can also use () to group terms, for example, "a(bc)?d" finds "ad" or "abcd".</paragraph> 2521b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9200109" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Replace with</emph> box:<comment>i83322</comment></paragraph> 2531b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5766472" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">Use $ (dollar) instead of \ (backslash) to replace references. Use $0 to replace the whole found string.</paragraph> 2541b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2551b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 2561b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 2571b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2581b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154790" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="226">[:alpha:]</paragraph> 2591b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2601b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2611b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147397" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="227">Represents an alphabetic character. Use [:alpha:]+ to find one or more of them.</paragraph> 2621b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2631b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 2641b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 2651b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2661b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152885" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="216">[:digit:]</paragraph> 2671b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2681b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2691b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150010" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="217">Represents a decimal digit. Use [:digit:]+ to find one or more of them.</paragraph> 2701b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2711b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 2721b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 2731b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2741b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153743" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="224">[:alnum:]</paragraph> 2751b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2761b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2771b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153281" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="225">Represents an alphanumeric character ([:alpha:] and [:digit:]).</paragraph> 2781b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2791b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 2801b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 2811b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2821b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153726" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="218">[:space:]</paragraph> 2831b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2841b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2851b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150961" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="219">Represents a whitespace character.</paragraph> 2861b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2871b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 2881b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 2891b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2901b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150486" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="220">[:print:]</paragraph> 2911b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2921b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2931b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150872" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="221">Represents a printable character.</paragraph> 2941b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 2951b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 2961b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 2971b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 2981b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155854" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="222">[:cntrl:]</paragraph> 2991b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 3001b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 3011b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152576" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="223">Represents a nonprinting character.</paragraph> 3021b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 3031b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 3041b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 3051b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 3061b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149958" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="228">[:lower:]</paragraph> 3071b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 3081b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 3091b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145730" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="229">Represents a lowercase character if <emph>Match case</emph> is selected in <emph>Options</emph>.</paragraph> 3101b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 3111b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 3121b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 3131b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 3141b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148455" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="230">[:upper:]</paragraph> 3151b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 3161b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 3171b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150092" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="231">Represents an uppercase character if <emph>Match case</emph> is selected in <emph>Options.</emph> 3181b580e6cSmseidel</paragraph> 3191b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 3201b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 3211b580e6cSmseidel</table> 3221b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id5311441" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Examples</paragraph> 323cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id956834773" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">e([:digit:])? -- finds 'e' followed by zero or one digit. Note that currently all named character classes like [:digit:] must be enclosed in parentheses.<comment>issue 64368 and 113035</comment></paragraph> 324cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id952368773" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">^([:digit:])$ -- finds lines or cells with exactly one digit.</paragraph> 3251b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9568773" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can combine the search terms to form complex searches.</paragraph> 3261b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id71413" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To find three-digit numbers alone in a paragraph</paragraph> 3271b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2924283" role="code" l10n="NEW">^[:digit:]{3}$</paragraph> 328*e638d64bSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5781731" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">^ means the match has to be at the start of a paragraph,</paragraph> 329*e638d64bSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6942045" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">[:digit:] matches any decimal digit,</paragraph> 330*e638d64bSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4721823" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">{3} means there must be exactly 3 copies of "digit",</paragraph> 331*e638d64bSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5806756" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">$ means the match must end a paragraph.</paragraph> 3321b580e6cSmseidel<section id="relatedtopics"> 3331b580e6cSmseidel<embed href="text/shared/01/02100000.xhp#02100000"/> 334cdf0e10cSrcweir<switch select="appl"> 335cdf0e10cSrcweir<case select="WRITER"><embed href="text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp#search_regexp"/> 3361b580e6cSmseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/finding.xhp#finding"/> 337cdf0e10cSrcweir</case> 338cdf0e10cSrcweir</switch> 3396f9008d8SAriel Constenla-Haile<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1751457" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Regular_Expressions_in_Writer">Wiki page about regular expressions in Writer</link></paragraph> 3401b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5483870" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Regular_Expressions_in_Calc">Wiki page about regular expressions in Calc</link></paragraph> 3411b580e6cSmseidel</section> 3421b580e6cSmseidel</body> 34308d2dd9aSHerbert Dürr</helpdocument> 344