Using Regex to find a string

Is it viable to use regular expressions with Search "Specific Tag" (i.e.script) "With Attribute" (i.e. src) and "=" a regex string rather than an exact search term? The Find / Replace tool seems to prevent a simple wildcard find (i.e. "searchter* for searchterm) Any insight would be appreciated.

uneAaron wrote:
I'm trying to replace a script source value for all instances where the value contains the string "/bbcswebdav/xid-144702_1", where the string "xid-" is followed by a different numerical value in each instance.
The regex for finding that string is:
\/bbcswebdav\/xid\-[\d_]+
The numerical value contains an underscore, so the final section ( [\d_]+ ) uses a range that selects one or more numbers and/or underscores.
Perhaps as important as identifying what you want to find is specifying how you want to replace it. Regexes can have capturing groups that can be used in the Replace field to simplify matters.

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A technique I find very useful in writing complex regex's is to split the regex into its parts and work on just the one part at a time. This helps me to easily see that the components match exactly what I think I am matching. Once I have every individual part working it is very easy to join them to create the entire match.
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Hi All,
I want to search the given string array and replace with another string array using regex in java
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As stated, no, it can't be done. But that doesn't mean you have to make a separate pass over the input for each word you want to replace. You can employ a regex that matches any word, then use the lower-level Matcher methods to replace the word or not depending on what was matched. Here's an example: import java.util.*;
import java.util.regex.*;
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static final List<String> newWords =
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Yes, did you notice it said something about incredibly vague functionality?
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Maybe something like this ?
test@ORA10G>
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Also, 'x' ignores whitespace characters. Link to doc:
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I am trying to find a string inside Excel table, and it does not work. Please see attached figure. I use the find Invoke Node and do not get anthing.
Please help
Attachments:
find_excel.JPG ‏21 KB

See attached files.
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Hello,
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