We are going to use NotePad++ replace functionality (CTRL+H) to remove all multi-line comments that are enclosed in a pair of /* and */.
While in the source file you want to edit, open up the ‘Replace’ window either from the ‘Search’ menu or by using CTRL+H.
Set ‘Search Mode’ to ‘Regular expression’ and tick the ‘. matches newline’.
In the ‘Find what:’ input type /\*(.*?)\*/\n and leave the ‘Replace with:’ input empty.
To find the next comment, you can click the ‘Find Next’ button and then hit ‘Replace’.
To make the change on all comments just hit ‘Replace All’.
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Thank you for this. Works like a charm if you read carefully “tick match new line”. 😉
How one can delete multiple lines by defining the start and end line numbers ?
Using Notepad++ you can select a range of lines and delete them following the procedure below:
Press
Ctrl + G, type the start line and hitEnterto go to the start line.Then go to the menu, click on
Editand thenBegin/End select.Press again
Ctrl + G, and type the end line number and hitEnterto go to it.Back to the menu, click on
Editand thenBegin/End selectonce more.By now you will have your range of lines to be deleted selected so just press
BackspaceorDelete.Pingback: Homepage