I’m used to regular expression syntax which allows for named matches from the search

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Asked: May 30, 20262026-05-30T21:29:20+00:00 2026-05-30T21:29:20+00:00

I’m used to regular expression syntax which allows for named matches from the search

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I’m used to regular expression syntax which allows for “named matches” from the search string to be used in the construction of the replacement term. For example…

@property (strong) NSWindow *window; ➜  @pr.*\*  
➜ @property (strong) NSWindow

or

@property (strong) NSWindow *window; ➜  @pr.*\*(.*) ➜    
$1 ➜ window;

Ya, know… the first set of (…) is $1, second (…) is $2, etc…

Xcode does match the search string… but how can I filter the query string / pass the result to… the “Replace” portion of Xcode’s “Search and Replace” function?

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Regex matches dont seem to work in xcode.