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Originally Posted by theducks
My reason for a Count is to try and predetermine how many places I will affect.
Not how many I will effect  in the end. |
My reason for a count is a sanity check. For instance: If I am making a regex change to chapter headings, I run a count to see if my regex expression count matches the number of chapter that I know I have. If it does not match, I do a one by one "find next" to see what steps I need to take to get the results I want.
Wanting the "find" count to match the "replace" count is like wearing a belt and suspenders. With my bad eyes, a nervous mouse hand and a lack of regex experience, I am more than prone to error.
I'lll bet that sometime, in the future, someone will report the non-matching counts as a bug. Any takers?
Regards - John