BatchReplace Method (Selection Object)¶
Replaces multiple strings. filters Specifies a Filters Collection which contains search and replace strings and flags. nFlags Specifies a combination of the following values: eeFindExtract Extracts matched lines to a new document. Combine with eeFindFileAndLine, eeFindFileNamesOnly, eeFindLineOnly, or eeFindMatchedOnly. If none of these flags is combined, eeFindLineOnly is assumed. eeFindFileAndLine File names, line numbers, and the whole lines containing the searched string will not be displayed as results. Must combine with eeFindExtract. Cannot combine with eeFindFileNamesOnly, eeFindLineOnly or eeFindMatchedOnly. eeFindFileNamesOnly Only file names will be displayed and the whole lines containing the searched string will not be displayed as results. Must combine with eeFindExtract. Cannot combine with eeFindFileAndLine, eeFindLineOnly or eeFindMatchedOnly. eeFindLineOnly Only the whole lines containing the searched string will be displayed as results. Must combine with eeFindExtract. Cannot combine with eeFindFileAndLine, eeFindMatchedOnly or eeFindFileNamesOnly. eeFindMatchedOnly Only the matched strings will be displayed as results. Must combine with eeFindExtract. Cannot combine with eeFindFileAndLine, eeFindFileNamesOnly or eeFindLineOnly. eeFindMatchDotNL The regular expression "." can match newline characters. eeFindOutput Displays the Extract results as a list in the Output Bar. Must combine with eeFindExtract. eeFindReplaceEmbeddedNL Matches embedded newlines in CSV documents and does not match other newlines. eeFindReplaceOpenDoc Searches all open documents in the same frame window. eeFindReplaceQuiet Does not display a message on the status bar if no string is found. eeFindReplaceSelOnly Searches only in the selection. eeFindSaveHistory Saves the searched string for repeated search. eeReplaceAll Replaces all at once. nExFlags Specifies a combination of the following values. However, only one of eeExFindRegexBoost and eeExFindRegexOnigmo can be specified. If none of these two is specified, the default regular expression engine is used. eeExFindBOL The regular expression ‘^’ can match the beginning of the selection. eeExFindCountFrequency Creates a table of frequent strings from the Extract results. Must combine with eeFindExtract, and eeFindLineOnly or eeFindMatchedOnly. Window Tabs must be enabled. eeExFindEOL The regular expression ‘$’ can match the end of the selection. eeExFindInsertColumn Creates a new CSV column for extracted columns. eeFindExtract must be specified in nFlags. The new column is inserted just to the right of the original. eeExFindLookaround Looks around during selection-only regular-expression searches. eeExFindMulti Performs Bulk Replacement All. If this is not specified, performs Batch Replace All. See Difference between Batch and Bulk. eeExFindRegexBoost Uses Boost.Regex as the regular expression engine. eeExFindRegexOnigmo Uses Onigmo as the regular expression engine. eeExFindSeparateCRLF Treats CR and LF separately. Returns 1 if the searched string is found, or 0 if not found. However, if the eeFindExtract or eeReplaceAll flag is specified, the return value is the number of the occurrences of the matched string in the document. Supported in EmEditor Professional Version 19.9 or later.¶
[JavaScript]¶
nFound = document.selection.BatchReplace( filters, nFlags, nExFlags );
[VBScript]¶
nFound = document.selection.BatchReplace( filters, nFlags, nExFlags )
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