Thanks for sharing this easy utility !
However, you can achieve it, quickly enough, using regular expressions, in search/replacement, within N++ ;-))
Note that this regex is, simply, an approximation of what that small utility does ! Indeed, this program :
So, assuming you would add a line-break, at the very beginning of your file, an exact search regex could be :
Just for information, this regex :
Remark :
The part
However, you can achieve it, quickly enough, using regular expressions, in search/replacement, within N++ ;-))
-
Open your file, in N++
-
Eventually, do a normal selection of the lines to be processed
-
Open the Replace dialog (
Ctrl + H)
-
Type in the regex
^\h*\d+, in the Find what: zone
-
Leave the Replace with: zone
EMPTY
-
If you did a selection, tick the
In selectionoption. Otherwise, tick theWrap aroundoption
-
Select the
Regular expressionsearch mode ( IMPORTANT )
-
Click on the
Replace Allbutton
Note that this regex is, simply, an approximation of what that small utility does ! Indeed, this program :
-
Considers, only, the usual latin digits ( with Unicode value, from
\x{0030}to\x{0039}) as numbers to be deleted, instead of all Unicode numbers or similar, of any language !
-
Considers the first dot character (
.), located right after a number, as a character to be deleted, too !
-
Considers all possible Unicode White space character ( except for the New Line character,
\x{0085}) , between the End of Line characters of the previous line and the numbers, of the current one, as characters which have to be deleted , as well. Refer, for that topic, to :
So, assuming you would add a line-break, at the very beginning of your file, an exact search regex could be :
(\r\n|\r|\n)\K[^\S\x85]*[0-9]+\.?Just for information, this regex :
-
First, the part
(\r\n|\r|\n)tries to match some End of line character(s)
-
Then, the
\Ksyntax reset the regex engine search process and position
-
Now, the part
[^\S\x85]*finds the longest sequence, possibly empty, of White Space characters, different of\x{0085}
-
After, the part
[0-9]+simply looks for the longest non-empty range of classical digits
-
Finally, the syntax
\.?searches a possible literal dot
Remark :
The part
[^\S\x85] is difficult enough to understand : this negative class of characters [^...] represents a single character, which is DIFFERENT from, BOTH :-
Any Unicode NON-Space character (
\S)
-
The New Line character (
\x{0085})
