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1	You can use meta-characters in the 'Search For' field:
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3	\|. \|any character except newline \|+ \|one or more times
4	\|* \|zero or more times \|? \|zero or one time
5	\|{n} \|match exact n times \|{n,m} \|at least n, at most m times
6	\|~\| \|pipe: {{a~\|b}} matches a or b \| - \|hyphen, match a range of chars
7	\|^ \|beginning of a line \|$ \|end of a line
8	\|[[...] \|one of the char's of a set \|[[^...] \|negated character set
9	\|\b \|word boundary \|\B \|word non boundary
10	\|\d \|numeral [[0-9] \|\D \|non numeral [[^0-9]
11	\|\s \|single white space \|\S \|single non white space
12	\|\w \|[[A-Za-z0-9_] \|\W \|[[^A-Za-z0-9_]
13	\|(...) \|grouping are stored as $1..$9 \|\. \|escape a meta char
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15	The 'Replace with' field can use $1..$9 as a backreference to parentheses of 'Search for' field.
16	----
17	Example:\\
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19	Search for __/abc\|def/__ will match the word 'abc' or the word 'def'\\
20	Search for __/bwiki/b__ will match the word 'wiki' but not the word 'jspwiki'.\\
21	Search for __^[[IVXMDCL]+\.__ will match any combination of roman numeral char's followed by a period\\
22	Search for __/(-?\d+)(\d{3})/__ and replace with __$1,$2__ to insert commas in large integers.
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24	This is the [EditFindAndReplaceHelp] page.
25	[More info on regular expressions\|http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascript.html]
26	and [RegExp Sandbox\|http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascriptexample.html]\\