OK, then try this, instead. ###(.|\n)*?&&&
--Kerri On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 12:17 PM Matthew London <mlon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Again, > > Turns out there are sometimes multiple lines both within my KEEP text and > in my DELETE text. > > le: > &&& > Line or Lines to be KEPT > ### > Line or Lines to be DELETED > &&& > Line or Lines to be KEPT > ### > etc. > > Grateful for your help > > On Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 12:51:20 PM UTC-7, Kerri Hicks wrote: >> >> Use the Find dialog and turn on the "Grep" switch... >> >> 1) I have questions about this one. Are the lines to be kept and the >> lines to be deleted always alternating? (e.g. there's always one to be >> kept, always followed by one and only one to be deleted?) If not, I'd >> probably do this one in two steps (first delete the hash lines and the >> deletable lines, and then just go through and delete all the ampersands, >> so, use the same expression as #2, and then do another search and replace >> for &&&\n). (And I just saw that Sam mentions the same strategy. I started >> this email an hour ago.) >> >> 2) ###\n.*?\n >> >>> >>> > > > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or would like to report a problem, please email > "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
