How to replace whitespace with notepad++ between two characters

Question

I have question how to replace whitespace with _ using notepad++ regex between [] characters

Example :

sl.[Posting date]                       AS TIME, 
         


        

Answer 1

Find what: [.+(\s)+.+]

Replace with: _

Also don't forget to select Regular expression radio button in Search mode section.

Update:

Ok, I have one solution but it's dirty:

You need to perform several replacements to do that.

Find what: (\[.*)\s(.*\])

Replace with: \1_\2

Repeat using Replace all until there will be no occurrences.

Answer 2

Use

Regex Replace

(\[[^ ]*) +(.*\])

with

$1_$2

if you want to replace multiple space character with a single _ OR

Regex Replace

(\[[^ ]*) (.*\])

with

$1_$2

if you want to replace each space character with a single _