What is the match group syntax in Eclipse's search and replace

Question

What's the syntax to perform a search/replace on Eclipse and use "match groups" (is that what it's called?)

On vi I do the following:

%s/log\(.*\)/log \1 debug/g

And lines like this one:

log "Message"

are replaced with:

log "Message" debug

What's the correct syntax for eclipse in the search/replace dialog box (beside checking up "Regular expressions")

Thanks.

score 37 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 20 '19 at 10:46

37

Use $1 instead of \1

For the /g global replace flag, use the Replace All button:

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Note: The above is the Find/Replace dialog for a single file, comes up for Ctrl-F

For working across multiple files, default shortcut is Ctrl-H, and the dialogs are a bit different:

eclipse search & replace dialogs

edited Jul 20 '19 at 10:46

Glorfindel

answered Jul 07 '09 at 23:52

Peter Boughton

Then you may be interested in Vrapper, an Eclipse plugin that wraps around editors and makes them Vim-like. http://vrapper.sourceforge.net/home/ Doesn't do replacing, but still might be handy. :) – Peter Boughton Jul 08 '09 at 07:08
@Peter: I have tried vi plugins in some other tools but they only make things worst since then I don't know which tool am I. It interrupt my train of thought. – OscarRyz Jul 09 '09 at 02:37

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '09 at 23:53

2

In the Find Field: log(.*)

Int the Replace With Field: log$1 debug

answered Jul 07 '09 at 23:53

AdamC

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