Question

I am trying to do a notpad++ replace with regex but I can’t figure out how to do it.

search: print( ignore this stuff );

replace: echo ignored stuff ;

Answer 1

Just Find :-

print\((.*)\)

Replace with :-

echo \1

EDIT2:

1. Use .* to match arbitrary stuff
2. Use parentheses to remember matched stuff so that you can refer to it later
3. Use \1, \2 etc to refer to stuff captured inside the first set of parentheses, the second set and so on.

EDIT1:

I love Notepad++ 🙂