1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 30e4b25e7SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4cdf0e10cSrcweir * 50e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 60e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 70e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 80e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 90e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 100e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 110e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * with the License. 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See the License for the 190e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 200e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * under the License. 21cdf0e10cSrcweir * 220e4b25e7SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 230e4b25e7SAndrew Rist 24e91968a5Smseidel<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textswriterguidesearch_regexpxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Using Wildcards in Text Searches</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 32e91968a5Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150099"> 33e91968a5Smseidel<bookmark_value>wildcards, see regular expressions</bookmark_value> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>searching; with wildcards</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>regular expressions;searching</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>examples for regular expressions</bookmark_value> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>characters;finding all</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>invisible characters;finding</bookmark_value> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>paragraph marks;searching</bookmark_value> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "wildcards;" and inserted wildcards crossreference</comment><comment>mw added "paragraph marks;"</comment> 41*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150099" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="search_regexp"><link href="text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp">Using Wildcards in Text Searches</link> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 44*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155182" role="paragraph">You can use wildcards when you find and replace text in a document. For example, "s.n" finds "sun" and "son".</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 47*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155907" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Find & Replace</item>.</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2142399" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <item type="menuitem">More Options</item> to expand the dialog.</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 53*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155861" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select the <item type="menuitem">Regular expressions</item> check box.</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 56*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149843" role="listitem" l10n="U">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> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 59*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156113" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click <item type="menuitem">Find</item> or <item type="menuitem">Find All</item>.</paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 62*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153401" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">Regular Expression Examples</paragraph> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 65*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149641" role="listitem">The wildcard for a single character is a period (.).</paragraph> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 68*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153136" role="listitem">The wildcard for zero or more occurrences of the previous character is an asterisk. For example: "123*" finds "12" "123", and "1233".</paragraph> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 71*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149609" role="listitem">The wildcard combination to search for zero or more occurrences of any character is a period and asterisk (.*).</paragraph> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 74*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149854" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">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> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0509200916345545" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The wildcard for a tab character is \t.</paragraph> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 80*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153414" role="note" l10n="CHG">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> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 82*7e5ed1f9Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149875" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><link href="text/shared/01/02100001.xhp" name="List of Wildcards">List of Wildcards</link></paragraph> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 86