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The following wildcard characters can be combined with the search commands as part of a search string entered on the action line. For example, to find every instance of the word "paragraph" that is followed by a space and then any single digit number (e.g., paragraph 1, paragraph 2, paragraph 3, etc.), you would use ^N as a wildcard character representing any number. The full search command would be:
se \paragraph ^N\
Note that the character ^ is not an abbreviation for the Control button. It is typed by pressing Shift and the 6 key at the top of your keyboard.
The wildcard characters are:
| • | Any single letter (A-Z): ^L |
| • | Any single number (0-9): ^N |
| • | Any single number or letter: ^A |
| • | Any single character: ^X |
| • | Any single separator: ^S |
| • | Any single sentence separator: ^E or ^+. |
| • | Any string of characters up to 80 characters in length: ^W (This must be used with one other character.) |
| • | Any but next Single character: ^B or ^-. This wildcard represents NOT so that the character that follows will not be included in your search. |
| • | More than one string: ^O (using the letter O, not zero). This represents OR allowing the search of more than one string at a time. |
| • | Repeat next character: ^0 through 9. This defines the maximum number of times the character can appear in the string. |
| • | Carriage return character: ^C |
| • | Regular paragraph return: ^R |
| • | Regular or Alternate paragraph return: ^P |
See also:
Search and Replace: SE command
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