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How do I enter control characters into the search/replace dialog boxes?

April 26, 2017boxes characters CONTROL dialog enter replace search

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How do I enter control characters into the search/replace dialog boxes?

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Any control character can be entered using the notation “|ddd” where ‘ddd’ is the decimal value of the control character. For example, use “|012” to search for the Form-Feed character . This assumes that you are using Pattern Matching. If you are using Regular Expressions, use the notation “\ddd” instead. This works for both the search and replace strings. Use the patterns “|L” or “|N” to search for the “Newline” characters Carriage-Return and Line-Feed. Press from the search dialog box for detailed online help on searching for control characters. Use the pattern “|T” to search for Tab characters. Alternatively, if you are only searching, you can select {SEARCH, Incremental search} (default ). Control characters are then entered in the same way as for normal editing. For example: • Press [ENTER CTRL] (default ). • Then press the control character • To search for a Ctrl-A, first press and then . You can also search from a Tab character by si