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For example, "s.n" finds "sun" and "son".</paragraph> 45<list type="ordered"> 46<listitem> 47<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155907" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Find & Replace</item>.</paragraph> 48</listitem> 49<listitem> 50<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2142399" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <item type="menuitem">More Options</item> to expand the dialog.</paragraph> 51</listitem> 52<listitem> 53<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155861" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select the <item type="menuitem">Regular expressions</item> check box.</paragraph> 54</listitem> 55<listitem> 56<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> 57</listitem> 58<listitem> 59<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> 60</listitem> 61</list> 62<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153401" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">Regular Expression Examples</paragraph> 63<list type="ordered"> 64<listitem> 65<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149641" role="listitem">The wildcard for a single character is a period (.).</paragraph> 66</listitem> 67<listitem> 68<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> 69</listitem> 70<listitem> 71<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> 72</listitem> 73<listitem> 74<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> 75</listitem> 76<listitem> 77<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0509200916345545" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The wildcard for a tab character is \t.</paragraph> 78</listitem> 79</list> 80<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> 81<section id="relatedtopics"> 82<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> 83</section> 84</body> 85</helpdocument> 86