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Am I a noob for not being able to find and replace /n? (self.notepadplusplus)

submitted 11 months ago by badcommandorfilename to c/[email protected]

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When I copy some long string like json from a debugger, and want to look at it properly formatted it starts off encoded with /n and /t characters, etc.

I usually go:

Replace (Normal) /n -> qqqq
Replace (Extended) qqqq -> /n

Is there some trick to do this in one step?

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[–] whereisk 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Why not regex it?

Find

\/n

Replace

Or make a macro.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think the key bit that OP was missing was the escape character \

At least, that's the mistake I was making once

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

First thing I thought by reading the post. I'm glad to see your comments now.