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CAD tip CAD tip # 3714:

   
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Q - question

How to replace only a single occurrence of a substring in a drawing text?

A - answer You can use the srxText LISP utility and regular expressions to replace only the first occurrence of a substring - e.g.:

search: \(.\)oldtext\(.\)
replace: \1newtext\2

will change

myoldtext1andoldtext2 -> mynewtext1andodltext2
For srxText see www.cadstudio.cz/developuk
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See also:
Tip 13831:ReplMTcol - recoloring parts of text in paragraph Mtext.
Tip 13139:How to insert a new line into multiline text in the Find/Replace command?
Tip 12803:How to add double line-spacing to AutoCAD paragraphs?
Tip 9265:RENAME on steroids - complex renaming of AutoCAD objects.
Tip 8065:How to add prefix or suffix to selected drawing texts?


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