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I'm trying to get the filename out of the string \\NFS\directory\userspace\aaaaaa.bbbb.ccc using the search and replace function: Search: .*\\(.*)\..* While .*\\ works as expected (everything left of the filename is found), the RegEx above leads to error: "Invalid Regular Expression!" I do not see ...

The error is somewhere deeper in the code of UE, I'm afraid: After updating my macro with the command Find RegExp ".*[\\](.*)\..*" it is altered to Find RegExp ".*[\](.*)\..*" and even my favorite solution Find RegExp ".*\\{1}(.*)\..*" results in Find RegExp ".*\{1}(.*)\..*" 😒 Just reported that iss...

This topic is rather old, but there's a small flaw: In EDIFACT the ' may be masked with a ?, so you do not want to insert a line break after ?' and of course not if there are already line breaks in the file: Search: ([^\?]')([^\r\n]) Replace with: $1\r\n$2

Made some more tests... Results in an error: (\\) Working as expected : \\\( \\\)\(\) \(\) (\\+) (\\*) (\\{1}) Finally, I chose to use .*\\{1}(.*)\..* to solve my problem :-)

I reported the error, thanks for your help!

Hi all, I'm trying to get the filename out of the string \\NFS\directory\userspace\aaaaaa.bbbb.ccc using the search and replace function: Search: .*\\(.*)\..* While .*\\ works as expected (everything left of the filename is found), the RegEx above leads to error: "Invalid Regular Expression!" I do n...