Sublime text find & replace retain wildcard value

Asked Apr 08 '20 at 09:12

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Seems simple but I can't get the right syntax.

I want to add chars after a string occurrance where line begins with K: then wildcard for one or more chars before end of line

sample case

K:G -> K:G",

K:Ador -> K:Ador",

FIND: K:+[A-Za-z]+$

REPLACE: K:+[A-Za-z]+",$

When I run this, the result clears the actual values and replaces with the literal regex values- giving me K:+[A-Za-z]+",$ which is not what I want

How can I retain the wildcard values after replace?

asked Apr 08 '20 at 09:12

Shano

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Wrap the part you need to keep with `(` and `)`, and then use `$1` to put it back in the replacement pattern. Replacement patterns != regex patterns. – Wiktor Stribiżew Apr 08 '20 at 09:17
Thanks that worked, and noted on the replacement patterns! find: K:+(\w+)$. replace with: K:$1"," – Shano Apr 08 '20 at 09:33
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Or, you might also use `K:+[A-Za-z]+$` and replace with `$0",`. – Wiktor Stribiżew Apr 08 '20 at 09:36

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