Re: [libreoffice-users] Find/Replace Regex

On 2013-11-07 20:19, Mirosław Zalewski wrote:
> Hi
>
> Your supposedly non-greedy match is definitely non-greedy here. I have
> to hit "Replace" twice on your example input.
>
> What version of LibreOffice are you using? Non-greedy matches are
> supported only from 4.0 upwards. So if you are still on 3.x line, then
> you are out of luck (or simply upgrade, if you may).
>
> Also, although it's not a case here, it's worth to note that Find and
> Replace in Calc will find and select entire cells only. That means, if
> only part of cell matches regexp, you will end up with entire cell
> selected anyway. If you happen to test your regexpes with "Find" first,
> it might lead you to believing your regexp is not working properly.
> If in doubts, check your regexpes in Writer.
Thanks. Yes, I am still on 3.x series. I have not converted (and 
checked) yet the files I have that 4.x onwards dropped support for and 
can't update until I have done so.
steve

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