find and replace
Search and swap
Find and replace is a text-editing function that locates specific characters, words, or phrases and substitutes them with something else.
Available in word processors, code editors, and most software handling text, it can change one instance or all occurrences at once: I used find and replace to change every "colour" to "color".
Advanced versions support pattern matching and regular expressions.
- searchAct of seeking
- substituteReplacement for another
- swapExchange one for another
- textWritten or printed words
- text editorProgram for modifying plaintext
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- text processingtokenization, stemming, lowercasing, regular expressions, pattern matching
- word processingword processor, WordPerfect, text editor, Microsoft Word, copy
- text editingcopy, editing, paste, undo, delete
- document toolsword processor, text editor, spell checker, grammar checker, track changes
- text toolsfonts, typography, text editor, spell check, spell checker
- code editorsautocomplete, debugger, breakpoints, line numbers, indentation