Re: [libreoffice-users] Search-and-add in Calc

At 22:41 01/01/2018 -0500, Eddie Noname wrote:
> I have a number of spreadsheets in which one column contains text; 
> each cell has different contents. I would like to be able to select 
> regions in this column and add a semi-colon to the end of each 
> selected cell, without disturbing the rest of the contents. Can this be done?

Yup. Search for .* (that's dot-asterisk) and replace with &; (that's 
ampersand-semicolon). In the Find & Replace panel, click More Options 
and ensure that both "Current selection only" and "Regular 
expressions" are ticked. Click Replace All.

How does it work? In the "Search for" box, the dot matches any 
character and the asterisk extends this to match zero or more of such 
characters - in other words, all the text you have in any cell. In 
the "Replace with" box, the ampersand represents the original matched 
string and the semicolon is the character you want added.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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