IAC, it is hopefully clear to all now how to use RegEx flags with KM.īy “delimiters” I mean metacharacters that delimit the actual text, which is what ^ and $ do. I think KM’s method of handling flags was one of the first things I learned about using RegEx with KM, since many of the RegEx I need/use require either or both (?mi) (multiline and case insensitive). The search modifier “Pattern to Use” shown below is placed at the very beginning of the Search/Find Regular Expression box. The ICU calls these modifiers “flag options”. This is also clearly described in the article If you insert the modifier (?ism) in the middle of the regex then the modifier only applies to the part of the regex to the right of the modifier. In those situations, you can add the following mode modifiers to the start of the regex. ![]() Or, the regex flavor may support matching modes that aren’t exposed as external flags. Sometimes, the tool or language does not provide the ability to specify matching options. From Specifying Modes Inside The Regular Expression Keyboard Maestro’s syntax of putting options before the regexp is a new wrinkle for me anyway.Īgain, this is standard. Keyboard Maestro Actions.kmactions (1.6 KB) Since it is not greedy now, it will match until the end of the first line, where $ matches. ^ matches at the start of each line, $ matches at the end of each line. * is greedy, it will match until the end of the string. ^ matches at the start of Line 1, $ matches at end of each line. ^ matches at the start of Line 1, $ matches at the end of Line 3. ^ matches at the start of Line 1, $ matches at the Line 3. So Search and replace for a variable of ^(.*)$ and replace with "xyz" results in: If this flag is set, "^" and "$" will also match at the start and end of each line within the input text. ![]() By default these will only match at the start and end, respectively, of the input text. ![]()
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