Thanks Jim. works brilliantly
Keith On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 4:51:14 +0000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: Keith Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2005/02/17 Thu AM 04:24:27 GMT > > To: Open Office List <[email protected]> > > Subject: [users] Regex Question > > > > Hi, > > > > I want to take a magicpoint file which looks like this: > > > > %page > > %nodefault > > %tfont "arial.ttf" > > % bimage "../Photos/treetops.jpg" 1630x1220 > > %center, size 7, fore "white" > > > > ALL ABOUT YOU > > > > More text etc.. > > > > > > I would like to strip out all lines beginning with a % and leave all > > other lines intact. > > > > Can someone please tell me how to do this with regular expressions? > > > Edit -> Find and Replace > Tick the "Regular Expressions" box > Search field: %.* (That's "percent, period, asterisk") > Replace field: (blank) > Find All > Replace All > You'll have blank paragraphs where the % text used to be. To eliminate > them: > Search Field: ^$ > Replace field: (blank) > Find All > Replace All > done. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.devoted.to/newlife If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
