#1445 Search & Replace bug - whole words

[Stephen Arnold]

Searched for "S.C."

Replace returned changes to:
Ellis Co.
Berks County
Frakes, Willis C.
Princes Georges County
Dasachtach, Constantine I
WILSON, JAMES CAPTAIN
Edwards County
Jenkins, Issachar

-Stephen

[Greg Roach]

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In that case, you should have searched on \bS\.C\.\b
This would add word boundaries and prevent the . from acting as a wildcard.

I'm joking of course.

The search/replace is using regular expressions. These are delightfully powerful, in the right hands, but probably confuse far more people than they help.

As well as a "match whole words only" option, perhaps we could also detect the presence of regexes (e.g. look for ?*+.[]) and ask the user whether they want to do a regex search or a literal search.

[Meliza Amity]

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See also 1721511.
I try to change place full word Turku of Turku, Finland to Vyborg of Vyborg, Finland.
It works only if I also fill , Finland both in the search and in the replace fields.

Meliza

[Stephen Arnold]

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Greg
Just so you know, the "\bS\.C\.\b" routine in PGV search and replace, returns no found instances and makes no changes.
Stephen