Find missing words in rows in Notepad++

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I have a folder with 2 kind of sentences/rows. One that has < h1 > tag, and other doesn't. Like so:

< td class="articles">Mama< /td>
< td class="articles">< h1>Tata < /h1>< /td>

I want to find with Notepad++ only the rows that doesn't have the word < h1>

Does anybody know how to do this?

I find a simple solution, with notepad++ or with TextCrawler (or other text editor) First Search "h1" in all files. Export the results in a file_1.txt Then search "< td class="articles">" in all files. Export the results in a file_2.txt Then open both document with notepad++ and use "Compare" plugin. You will see the difference. You will see underline the files that does't have "h1" Works. Just Test it. — Just Me, Nov 13 '15 at 20:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 16 '15 at 13:54

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Use the find or replace window (ctrl+f) or (ctrl+h) and set it to use regular expressions.

Now use the regex:

(?-s)(?i)^(?:.(?!<(?: |\t)h1(?: |\t|>)))*$

This will find any line that doesn't contain for example:

< h1 >
<h1 style="">
<H1 >

answered Nov 16 '15 at 13:54

JonM

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 13 '15 at 16:46

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Use the Mark functionality (tab in the find window.) Make sure bookmark line is checked and search for 'h1'. The lines that are not bookmarked are the lines without a h1.

answered Nov 13 '15 at 16:46

Oesor

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yes, but I want to find in 800 files this error, not just in one single document – Just Me Nov 13 '15 at 16:52
Then open them and search. Or perhaps Notepad++ isn't the appropriate tool for this. Have you considered grep? – Oesor Nov 13 '15 at 16:55
don't know about grep. I using windows 7. Can you help me? – Just Me Nov 13 '15 at 16:57

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 13 '15 at 16:56

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You can use the "Find All In Current Document" option with negative regex match operator: !

answered Nov 13 '15 at 16:56

Davide Spataro

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Find missing words in rows in Notepad++

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