added example script from community thread https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/16942/pythonscript-any-ready-pyscript-to-replace-one-huge-set-of-regex-phrases-with-others/23

Author: chcg

scripts/Samples/Multiples_SR.py

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+#coding=utf-8
+
+import re
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#                                           Script "Multiples_SR.py"
+
+# A LITTLE adaptation by guy038 from an ORIGINAL and VALUABLE script of Alan KILBORN ( January 2019 ) !
+
+# See https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/16942/pythonscript-any-ready-pyscript-to-replace-one-huge-set-of-regex-phrases-with-others/21
+# and https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/16942/pythonscript-any-ready-pyscript-to-replace-one-huge-set-of-regex-phrases-with-others/23
+
+# This script :
+
+#   - Reads an existing "SR_List.txt" file, of the CURRENT directory, containing a list of SEARCH/REPLACEMENT strings, ONE PER line
+#   - Selects, one at a time, a COUPLE of SEARCH and REPLACEMENT regexes  / expressions / strings / characters
+#   - Executes this present S/R on CURRENT edited file, in NOTEPAD++
+#   - Loop till the END of file
+
+# Any PURE BLANK line or COMMENT line, beginning with '#', of the "SR_list.txt" file, are simply IGNORED
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# For EACH line, in the "SR_List.txt" file, the format is <DELIMITER><SEARCH regex><DELIMITER><REPLACE regex><DELIMITER>
+
+## EXAMPLES :
+## ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
+
+##  Deletes any [ending] "; comment"  /  Delimiter = '!'
+#!(?-s)(^.*?);.+!\1!
+
+##  Changes any LOWER-case string "notepad++" in its UPPER-case equivalent  /  Delimiter = '@'
+#@(?-i)notepad\+\+@NOTEPAD++@
+
+##  Changes any "Smith" and 'James' strings, with that EXACT case, to, respectively, "Name" and "First name"  /  Delimiter = '&'
+##  Deletes any "TEST" string, with that EXACT case
+#&(Smith)|TEST|(James)&(?1Name)(?2First name)&
+
+##  Replaces any BACKSLASH character with the "123" number, both  preceded and followed with 3 SPACE characters  /  Delimiter = '%'
+#%\\%   123   %
+##    or, also, the syntax   %\x5c%   123   %
+
+##  Deletes any string "Fix", followed with a SPACE char, whatever its CASE  /  Delimiter = '+'
+#+(?i)Fix ++
+
+##  Change 3 CONSECUTIVE "#" characters with 3 BACKSLASH characters  /  Delimiter = '*'
+#*###*\\\\\\*
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# In the CODE line, right below, you may :
+
+#   - Modify the NAME of the file, containing the SEARCH and REPLACEMENT regexes  
+#   - Indicate an ABSOLUTE or RELATIVE path, before the filename
+
+with open(r'SR_list.txt') as f: sr_list = f.readlines()
+
+# You may, as well, insert the SEARCH and REPLACE regexes, directly, in THIS script :
+
+#sr_list = [
+#    '!(?-s)(^.*?);.+!\\1!',
+#    '@(?-i)notepad\\+\\+@NOTEPAD++@',
+#    '&(Smith)|TEST|(James)&(?1Name)(?2First name)&',
+#    '%\\\\%   123   %',
+#          # or the syntax  '%\x5c\x5c%   123   %',
+#    '+(?i)Fix ++',
+#    '*###*\\\\\\\\\\\\*',
+#    ]
+
+# The use of RAW strings  r'.......'  is also possible, in order to SIMPLIFY some regexes
+
+# Note that these RAW regexes are strictly IDENTICAL to those, which could be contained in a "SR_List.txt" file, WITHOUT the 'r' PREFIX 
+
+#sr_list = [
+#    r'!(?-s)(^.*?);.+!\1!',
+#    r'@(?-i)notepad\+\+@NOTEPAD++@',
+#    r'&(Smith)|TEST|(James)&(?1Name)(?2First name)&',
+#    r'%\\%   123   %',
+#          # or the syntax  r'%\x5c%   123   %',
+#    r'+(?i)Fix ++',
+#    r'*###*\\\\\\*',
+#    ]
+
+editor.beginUndoAction()
+
+console.write ('\nMODIFICATIONS on FILE "{}: "\n\n'.format(notepad.getCurrentFilename()))
+
+# Note : Variable e is always EMPTY string ( Part AFTER the THIRD delimiter and BEFORE the END of line ! )
+
+for line in sr_list:
+
+    if line[0] == '#' or line == '\n' : continue
+    (s,r,e) = line[1:].rstrip('\n').split(line[0])
+
+    console.write('    SEARCH  : >{}<\n'.format(s))
+    console.write('    REPLACE : >{}<\n\n'.format(r))
+
+    editor.rereplace(s,r)   # or editor.rereplace(s,r,re.IGNORECASE) / editor.rereplace(s,r,re.I)
+
+editor.endUndoAction()
+
+# END of Multiple_SR.py script