Posted by John Salerno on 11/24/17 11:38

Stan McCann wrote:
> John Salerno <johnjsal@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in
> news:Vbudnbqr26Y8YEfenZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d@rcn.net:
>
>> Can someone tell me how I can search for the phrase:
>>
>> Function -
>>
>> (Has spaces before and after the hyphen)
>>
>> I'm using UltraEdit, and when I type it in just like that, it can't
>> find it, so I may have to use Regular Expressions. I've tried a few
>> things, but they didn't work either, so I'm not sure I'm doing it
>> right. Basically I want to replace that text in a bunch of files
>> with nothing.
>
> Yep, Select Regular Expressions and 'function *-*(*)*' should give you
> what you want. (untested)
>
> Another UE user.

Hmmm, weird. Function*-* only found "Function -" without the trailing
space. But when I typed in just "Function - " (no quotes) and checked
Regular Expressions, then it found the whole thing.

Oh well, I still think UE is great! :)

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