Searching and Replacing

CodeCharge Studio provides facilities to search and replace occurrences of specified text within a single file or multiple files. You can access these facilities using the Edit | Find and Replace menu option.

Find

The Find command is used to find instances of some text within a single file that is opened in the document window.

Parameter	Description
Find What	Enter the text or regular expression to search for.
Match whole word only	Perform a search for whole words as opposed to parts of larger words.
Match case	Perform a search which distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase letters.
Regular Expression	Activate this checkbox if the text entered in the Find what field is a regular expression.
Direction	Specify the direction in which the search should be performed, based on the current position of the cursor.
Find Next	Find the next occurrence of the search text.
Mark All	Perform a search and place a bar mark to the left of each line where the text is found.
Cancel	Terminate the search and close the dialog box.

Note:  When you are working in Design mode, the Regular Expression and Mark All options are not available. These two options appear when in HTML or Code mode.

Replace

The Replace command is used to find and replace instances of some text within a single file that is opened in the document window.

Parameter	Description
Find what	Enter the text or regular expression to search for.
Replace with	Enter the text which will be used as the replacement text.
Match whole word only	Perform a search for whole words as opposed to parts of larger words.
Match case	Perform a search which distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase letters.
Regular Expression	Activate this checkbox if the text entered in the Find what field is a regular expression.
Replace In	Selection: This option is available if there is some highlighted text in which case the replacement is restricted within the highlighted text. Whole File: The find and replace is performed for the contents of the entire file.
Find Next	Find the next occurrence of the text to be replaced.
Replace	Replaces the selected instance of the search criteria.
Replace All	Replaces all instances of the search criteria.
Cancel	Terminate the search and close the dialog box.

Find In Files

In addition to searches performed within a single document, CodeCharge Studio makes it possible to search for text within multiple files. To perform this type of search use the Edit | Find and Replace | Find In Files menu option to bring up the Find In Files dialog.

Field	Description
Find what	Enter the text or regular expression to search for.
Match whole word only	Perform a search for whole words as opposed to parts of larger words.
Match case	Perform a search which distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase letters.
Regular Expression	Activate this checkbox if the text entered in the Find what field is a regular expression.
Look In	Current Document: Perform the search in the current document only. All Open Documents: Perform the search in all opened documents. Current Project: Perform the search in files belonging to the current project.
File types	Enter a wildcard expression to determine the file types to be searched.
Find	Find the next occurrence of the text to be replaced.
Stop	Stop the current search.
Close	Close the dialog box.

Replace in Files

Along with searches performed in multiple files, you can also search and replace text within multiple files. To perform this type of search use the Edit | Find and Replace | Replace In Files menu option to bring up the Replace In Files dialog.

Parameter	Description
Find what	Enter the text or regular expression to search for.
Replace with	Enter the text which will be used as the replacement text.
Match whole word only	Perform a search for whole words as opposed to parts of larger words.
Match case	Perform a search which distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase letters.
Regular Expression	Activate this checkbox if the text entered in the Find what field is a regular expression.
Look In	Current Document: Perform the search in the current document only. All Open Documents: Perform the search in all opened documents. Current Project: Perform the search in files belonging to the current project.
File types	Enter a wildcard expression to determine the file types to be searched.
Find Next	Find the next occurrence of the text to be replaced.
Replace	Replaces the selected instance of the search criteria.
Replace All	Replaces all instances of the search criteria.
Skip File	Do not perform replacements in the current file.
Close	Close the dialog box.

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