[Writz]

So basically what i need is an expression to be used in the search function in sublime text.

Expression reqs

• 4 consecutive space characters (\s), to replace the selected with one tab
  


• If there is a semicolon and it is followed by a character before the end of the line, to replace it with 7 tabs
  


• Extra not necessary, Replace comments that start with two forward slashes to be like this /* comment */
  

Not sure if these are doable or not tho
if u wanna test it https://regexr.com/

I would really appreciate any help 🤝

[Writz]

why is this in the visual basic and .NET framework, this is a regex that need help with, WTF, dumb fucking mod ??
is it cuz i added a Microsoft link ? they just offered a good explanation to the regex, im using regex in sublime text editor to edit code, I dont wanna say which langauge, cuz then u'll tell me to go there and ask them, you dumb fucking kid....

[Owl]

Some possibilities:

1. /\s{4}/
2. /;\s*/
3. /\/\/\s*(.*?)$/m (capture group 1)

[Writz]

Some possibilities:

1. /\s{4}/
2. /;\s+?$/m
3. /\/\/(.*?)$/m (capture group 1)

Thank you so much for replying, but the first one worked on tabs and spaces, and also worked for less than 4 spaces, 2nd and 3rd didnt work at all, im using this website to test them tho

[0xDEAD10CC]

Then type a space instead of \s because \s includes other whitespace, which would include '\n'.

[Owl]

Thank you so much for replying, but the first one worked on tabs and spaces, and also worked for less than 4 spaces, 2nd and 3rd didnt work at all, im using this website to test them tho

What input are you testing against? I made a couple of adjustments to the expressions above.

[0xDEAD10CC]

What input are you testing against? I made a couple of adjustments to the expressions above.

Orka - \s means space, but just as much as "whitespace". If he wants to exclude tabs and such you can't use this.

[Barret]

Orka - \s means space, but just as much as "whitespace". If he wants to exclude tabs and such you can't use this.

Yeah this confuses many, they assume space is space and not a tab or crlf's, but they are treated the same.

[Owl]

Orka - \s means space, but just as much as "whitespace". If he wants to exclude tabs and such you can't use this.

Yeah this confuses many, they assume space is space and not a tab or crlf's, but they are treated the same.

From his requests it seems he was attempting a parser for code, so I went with \s to account for all forms of whitespace.

[System[X]]

try using the + key for more than 1 like (\s+), this will do 1 space or many. also (\n) for a single new line or (\n+) for many

Thanks

[Writz]

I found a way to ask regex to specifically target spaces, it's \x20 instead of \s
20 is the hex code for 'space', 09 is the hex code for tab.
but this still doesn't get me any closer to what i really need..

[System[X]]

I found a way to ask regex to specifically target spaces, it's \x20 instead of \s
20 is the hex code for 'space', 09 is the hex code for tab.
but this still doesn't get me any closer to what i really need..

Show us what you want, the string and we will give you the best regex for it.

Thanks

[0xDEAD10CC]

I found a way to ask regex to specifically target spaces, it's \x20 instead of \s
20 is the hex code for 'space', 09 is the hex code for tab.
but this still doesn't get me any closer to what i really need..

I already just told you this, and you don't need the hex escape character, you can just use a space...