The plus side is that you can easily download plugins that extend the functionality of NotePad++, including one called RegRexPlace.Īfter installing the plugin I found that my look-aheads and look-behinds started working. However, even the current version (NotePad++ 6.5) comes only with rudimentary regular expression handling by default. NotePad++ is a nice free tool, and unlike PSPad, the installer doesn’t come loaded with AdWare to corrupt your PC. PSPad may be good for other purposes, but I quickly ended up quickly un-installing it.
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A quick look into the helpfile showed some useful hints, but no answer to my question, leading me to believe that this tool does not support full regular expression syntax. For instance, I tested (?<=\d)$ in order to match but not consume a numeric character. So my tests running look-aheads and look-behinds using the standard fared poorly. When I did, I found its regular expression handling to be awkward and incompletely supported. The PSPad installer came so bundled with AdWare/Junkware that I was almost afraid to run the actual program. Likewise, EditPad Lite features syntax highlighting for your regular expression as you write it, so you can immediately know if your expression works or it doesn’t.īottom line with this editor is that I have not yet thrown a regular expression at it that it could not handle, and regular expressions that I write here work in either JavaScript or ASP.NET. So unlike other tools, you are not working with a small popup ‘find’ window. You can opt to work with the Multi-Line Search Panel, which is an incredible advantage when testing/debuggin regular expressions. Feel free to have a look, and let me know what you think!ĮditPad Lite is the reigning champion in my mind when it comes to regular expression editors. Here are my findings from looking into EditPad Lite, Notepad++, and PSPad.Īlso if you find this review interesting, I did a review back in 2011 of the top online regular expression testing tools at that time. This time around I tested two other options that have been given good reviews: Notepad++ and PSPad. I have been using EditPad Lite to test and run my regular expressions, and in the past 10 or so years I have not been able to find any tool that even comes close to being as useful. I’ve decided to have a look at what the open-source/shareware market has to offer these days when it comes to text editors that can handle regular expressions.
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