REGEX in Notepad++ find/replace

Question

Is it possible to use the value of a regex in the \"FIND\" part of a find/replace in Notepad++ ?

Here\'s what i have :

FIND: ^.{105}.*(.)
REPLACE: \\r\\         


        

Answer 1

You could do:

Find what: ^(.{105}).
Replace with: $1\r\n

Make sure you have checked Regular expression BUT NOT dot matches newline

then click on Replace all

This will capture in group 1 the first 105 characters in each line.