I try to add a given number of line breaks in Notepad++. But searching for \r\n and replacing with [\r\n]{10} doesn't work for me. Regular expressions interpretation is on.
How should i add a number of line breaks?
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Evgeniy
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Use `Extended`mode and replace `\r\n` with `\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n` – Wiktor Stribiżew Jul 25 '16 at 15:52
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Note that a replacement pattern is not accepting a regular expression. A regex can be used inside Find what field, but not in Replace with.
Use Extendedmode and replace \r\n with \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n to replace 1 linebreak with 10.
A regex to match any line break is \R (be it \r\n, or \n or \r), by the way.
To make it more "dynamic", you may use a PythonScript like
editor.rereplace(r'\r\n', '\r\n'*10)
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and if it should be 100 or 1000? i'm looking for regex with specification of the number – Evgeniy Jul 25 '16 at 15:56
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1It is impossible with regex replacement in SR window. You may write a Python script to accomplish that though. See my update. [See how to use PythonScript in Notepad++](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37300462/notepad-find-replace-number-with-increment-value/37300757#37300757). – Wiktor Stribiżew Jul 25 '16 at 15:56