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If not, see 30 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 31 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 32 * 33 ************************************************************************ 34 --> 35 36 37<meta> 38 <topic id="textswriterguidesearch_regexpxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 39 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Using Wildcards in Text Searches</title> 40 <filename>/text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp</filename> 41 </topic> 42 </meta> 43 <body> 44<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150099"><bookmark_value>wildcards, see regular expressions</bookmark_value> 45 <bookmark_value>searching; with wildcards</bookmark_value> 46 <bookmark_value>regular expressions;searching</bookmark_value> 47 <bookmark_value>examples for regular expressions</bookmark_value> 48 <bookmark_value>characters;finding all</bookmark_value> 49 <bookmark_value>invisible characters;finding</bookmark_value> 50 <bookmark_value>paragraph marks;searching</bookmark_value> 51</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "wildcards;" and inserted wildcards crossreference</comment><comment>mw added "paragraph marks;"</comment> 52<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150099" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 53 oldref="15"><variable id="search_regexp"><link href="text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp">Using Wildcards in Text Searches</link> 54</variable></paragraph> 55 <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> 56 <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> 57 <list type="ordered"> 58 <listitem> 59 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155907" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="40">Choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Find & Replace</item>.</paragraph> 60 </listitem> 61 <listitem> 62 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2142399" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <item type="menuitem">More Options</item> to expand the dialog.</paragraph> 63 </listitem> 64 <listitem> 65 <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> 66 </listitem> 67 <listitem> 68 <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> 69 </listitem> 70 <listitem> 71 <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> 72 </listitem> 73 </list> 74 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153401" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 75 oldref="52">Regular Expression Examples</paragraph> 76 <list type="ordered"> 77 <listitem> 78 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149641" role="listitem" oldref="44">The wildcard for a single character is a period (.).</paragraph> 79 </listitem> 80 <listitem> 81 <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> 82 </listitem> 83 <listitem> 84 <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> 85 </listitem> 86 <listitem> 87 <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> 88 </listitem> 89 <listitem> 90 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0509200916345545" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The wildcard for a tab character is \t.</paragraph> 91 </listitem> 92 </list> 93 <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> 94 <section id="relatedtopics"> 95 <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> 96 </section> 97 </body> 98</helpdocument>