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For example, the search term "sh.rt" returns both "shirt" and "short".</paragraph> 66*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 67*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 68*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 69*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 70*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154682" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="21">^</paragraph> 71*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 72*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 73*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 74*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 75*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 76*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 77*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 78*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159194" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="23">$</paragraph> 79*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 80*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 81*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152542" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="24">Only finds the search term if the term appears at the end of a paragraph. Special objects such as empty fields or character-anchored frames at the end of a paragraph are ignored. Example: "Peter$".</paragraph> 82*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 83*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 84*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 85*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 86*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156414" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="25">*</paragraph> 87*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 88*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 89*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 90*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 91*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 92*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 93*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 94*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147399" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="27">+</paragraph> 95*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 96*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 97*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 98*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 99*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 100*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 101*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 102*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 103*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3143267" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="199">?</paragraph> 104*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 105*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 106*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 107*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 108*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 109*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 110*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 111*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166410" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="158">\</paragraph> 112*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 113*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 114*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 115*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 116*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 117*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 118*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 119*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152945" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="166">\n</paragraph> 120*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 121*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 122*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 123*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 124*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 125*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 126*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 127*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 128*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 129*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153258" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="29">\t</paragraph> 130*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 131*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 132*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 133*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 134*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 135*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 136*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 137*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150670" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="35">\b</paragraph> 138*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 139*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 140*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 141*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 142*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 143*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 144*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 145*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149576" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="37">^$</paragraph> 146*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 147*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 148*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151245" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="38">Finds an empty paragraph.</paragraph> 149*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 150*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 151*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 152*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 153*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148550" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="41">^.</paragraph> 154*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 155*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 156*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159413" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="42">Finds the first character of a paragraph.</paragraph> 157*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 158*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 159*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 160*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 161*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147282" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="43">& or $0</paragraph> 162*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 163*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 164*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 165*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 166*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 167*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 168*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 169*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 170*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 171*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145419" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="172">[abc123]</paragraph> 172*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 173*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 174*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 175*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 176*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 177*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 178*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 179*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156293" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="174">[a-e]</paragraph> 180*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 181*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 182*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 183*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id100520090232005" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">The characters are ordered by their code numbers.</paragraph> 184*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 185*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 186*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 187*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 188*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155994" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="176">[a-eh-x]</paragraph> 189*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 190*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 191*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 192*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 193*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 194*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 195*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 196*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145318" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="178">[^a-s]</paragraph> 197*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 198*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 199*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153351" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="179">Represents everything that is not between a and s.</paragraph> 200*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 201*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 202*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 203*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 204*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156543" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="180">\xXXXX</paragraph> 205*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 206*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 207*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 208*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 209*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 210*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 211*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 212*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 213*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153951" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="186">|</paragraph> 214*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 215*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 216*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 217*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 218*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 219*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 220*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 221*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147376" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="209">{2}</paragraph> 222*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 223*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 224*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 225*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 226*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 227*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 228*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 229*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151289" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="211">{1,2}</paragraph> 230*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 231*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 232*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 233*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 234*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 235*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 236*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 237*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4870754" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">{1,}</paragraph> 238*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 239*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 240*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 241*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 242*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 243*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 244*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 245*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148616" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="213">( )</paragraph> 246*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 247*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 248*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2701803" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Search for</emph> box:</paragraph> 249*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 250*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 251*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 252*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9200109" role="tablecontent" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Replace with</emph> box:<comment>i83322</comment></paragraph> 253*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 254*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 255*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 256*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 257*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 258*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154790" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="226">[:alpha:]</paragraph> 259*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 260*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 261*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 262*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 263*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 264*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 265*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 266*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152885" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="216">[:digit:]</paragraph> 267*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 268*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 269*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 270*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 271*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 272*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 273*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 274*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153743" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="224">[:alnum:]</paragraph> 275*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 276*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 277*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153281" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="225">Represents an alphanumeric character ([:alpha:] and [:digit:]).</paragraph> 278*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 279*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 280*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 281*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 282*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153726" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="218">[:space:]</paragraph> 283*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 284*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 285*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150961" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="219">Represents a whitespace character.</paragraph> 286*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 287*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 288*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 289*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 290*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150486" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="220">[:print:]</paragraph> 291*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 292*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 293*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150872" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="221">Represents a printable character.</paragraph> 294*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 295*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 296*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 297*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 298*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155854" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="222">[:cntrl:]</paragraph> 299*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 300*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 301*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152576" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="223">Represents a nonprinting character.</paragraph> 302*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 303*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 304*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 305*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 306*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149958" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="228">[:lower:]</paragraph> 307*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 308*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 309*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 310*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 311*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 312*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablerow> 313*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 314*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148455" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="230">[:upper:]</paragraph> 315*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 316*1b580e6cSmseidel<tablecell> 317*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 318*1b580e6cSmseidel</paragraph> 319*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablecell> 320*1b580e6cSmseidel</tablerow> 321*1b580e6cSmseidel</table> 322*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 325*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9568773" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can combine the search terms to form complex searches.</paragraph> 326*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id71413" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To find three-digit numbers alone in a paragraph</paragraph> 327*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2924283" role="code" l10n="NEW">^[:digit:]{3}$</paragraph> 328*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5781731" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">^ means the match has to be at the start of a paragraph, </paragraph> 329*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6942045" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">[:digit:] matches any decimal digit, </paragraph> 330*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4721823" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">{3} means there must be exactly 3 copies of "digit", </paragraph> 331*1b580e6cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5806756" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">$ means the match must end a paragraph. </paragraph> 332*1b580e6cSmseidel<section id="relatedtopics"> 333*1b580e6cSmseidel<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"/> 336*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 340*1b580e6cSmseidel<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> 341*1b580e6cSmseidel</section> 342*1b580e6cSmseidel</body> 34308d2dd9aSHerbert Dürr</helpdocument> 344