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ownedbycats · 01-09-2023, 12:54 AM

I created a regex that successfully captures a string from a longtext column.

However, I'm having trouble using search & replace to copy it to another column. I tried this:

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Instead of just 'M', as expected, it copied the entire contents of the column to #fanficrating, but replaced the matched part with 'M'.

What should I do?

01-09-2023, 12:54 AM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,000 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Regex search & replace help I created a regex that successfully captures a string from a longtext column. However, I'm having trouble using search & replace to copy it to another column. I tried this: Instead of just 'M', as expected, it copied the entire contents of the column to #fanficrating, but replaced the matched part with 'M'. What should I do? Last edited by ownedbycats; 01-09-2023 at 01:08 AM.