VSCode regex find and select data from specific group (not replace)
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VSCode regex find and select data from specific group (not replace)
Consider the following dataset:
<uses-configuration
android:reqFiveWayNav=["true" | "false"]
android:reqHardKeyboard=["true" | "false"]
android:reqKeyboardType=["undefined" | "nokeys" | "qwerty" | "twelvekey"]
android:reqNavigation=["undefined" | "nonav" | "dpad" | "trackball" | "wheel"]
android:reqTouchScreen=["undefined" | "notouch" | "stylus" | "finger"] />
I am trying to select all the values after android:
In order to do this, i am using (aw+:)(w+) which does exactly what i want. I know that I can use the search and replace and use$2 to select the second group, but I dont want to replace anythin. I want to select anything the second group matches with alt+enter key press.
android:
(aw+:)(w+)
$2
alt+enter
Is this possible?
1 Answer
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What you really need is a lookaround. I don't believe that vscode supports lookbehinds (see issues: lookbehind support coming). But it does support lookaheads so :
(w+)(?==[.*])
should work for you as long as your desired values are followed by "[.*]" and nothing undesired has that pattern. The lookahead part will not be selected by vscode. And then Alt-Enter selects all the matches.
[.*]
If lookbehind was supported, maybe soon, this would work:
(?<=aw+:)(w+)
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