[user]

hello!

my goal is to extract specific text from a text file

I search for a specific regex, I want to select all the matches of this regex, then I want to reverse selection and delete that selection, so that only the regex matches will be left

can you tell me please how to do this (particularly the “select all” and “reverse selection” parts) or a better way to do it

thanks!

[Stefan]

Delete Lines NOT containing STRING

#language = "VBScript"

	

	FileText = document.selection.Text

	If FileText = "" Then

		alert "Nothing selected?" & vbCRLF _

		& "This script works with selected text only."

		Quit

	End If

	

	PromptText = "Remove lines containing this search string"

	searchStr = prompt(PromptText, "")

	If searchStr = "" Then Quit

	

	Lines = Split(fileText, vbCRLF)

	For each line in Lines

		funcRegEx searchStr, line

	        '//FALSE = line not contains search pattern

	        '//TRUE  = line contains the search pattern

		If funcRegExReturn = FALSE Then 

		    resultText = resultText + line + vbCRLF

		End If

	Next

	

	'editor.NewFile()

	document.writeln(resultText)

	

	Function funcRegEx(needle, haystack)

		funcRegExReturn = FALSE

		Set regEx = New RegExp

		regEx.Pattern = needle

		regEx.IgnoreCase = True

		regEx.Global = True

		If regEx.Test(haystack) Then 

	           funcRegExReturn = TRUE

	        End If

	End Function

[user]

thanks but how do I use this?

I save it as .vbs file and load it as macro

what’s next?

thanks

[Stefan]

user> what’s next?

??

* Save this script/macro to an text file with VBS or VBEE extension.
(please save it again, i have edited an comment failure in the meantime)

* Macros > Select this (means the current open macro file)
or use
* Macros > Select… >>> choose the macro

* Open your text file to edit.
* Select an paragraph or the whole text (Ctrl+a)

* Execute the macro: Macros > Run myMacro.vbs

??

EmEditor Help > EmEditor Macro Reference > Tutorial > Run Macro

[Stefan]

Note, with last beta
“Head-start version: EmEditor Professional v11.1.6 beta”

you can also use:

* Find: [ pattern ] with [Bookmark all]
* “Invert Bookmarks in This Group”
* “Delete Bookmarked Lines in This Group”

[user]

ok but where do I specify the regex???

> Delete Bookmarked Lines in This Group”
I dont want to delete the bookmarked lines, I want to delete the inverted selection :/

[user]

it says that there is an error at line 17, any hint???

[Author]

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