Regex in Notepad++ to replace

Question

I have the follow text in a document (using Notepad++).

Now, I want to replace all regex occurence with a ?.

I have:

'{$data}', '{$data2}', '{$res}','{$blahblahblah}'

And I want them to become ?,?,?,?

I tried using \b^'{(.+)}'$\b but that doesn't seem to find the pattern.

karthik manchala · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-16 06:44:38Z

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You can use the following:

'{\$[^}]+}'

And replace with ?

Explanation:

'{\$ match quote, curly brace and $ literls
[^}]+} negated character class to match anything other than } more than once (+) followed by }... Equivalent to .*?} but 2-3 times faster

answered Jun 16, 2015 at 6:19

karthik manchala

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Avinash Raj · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-16 06:24:51Z

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You need to remove the anchors and word boundaries. And it would be perfect if you escape the braces.

'\{\$.*?\}'

Then replace the match with a ? symbol.

answered Jun 16, 2015 at 6:20

Avinash Raj

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I think the cause of the problem of the OP is also escaping the curly braces, don't you?

Ironically, this was the solution that work for Notepad++.