Wildcards for Find and Replace

Last modified: October 8, 2024

Having selected Use in the Find and Replace window, choose Wildcards. The following set of expressions unlocks:

Wildcards

Expression	Syntax	Description
Zero or more of any character	`*`	Matches zero or more occurrences of the preceding expression, making all possible matches.
Any single character	`?`	Matches any single character except a line break.
Any single digit	`#`	Matches any single digit. For example, 8# matches numbers that include 8 followed by another number, such as 81, but not 18.
Any one character in the set	`[]`	Matches any one of the characters within the [].
Any one character not in the set	`[! ]`	Matches any character that is not specified in the set.
Escape Special Character	`\`	Matches the character that follows the backslash as a literal. This allows you to find the characters used in regular expression notation, such as { and ^.