
86 WaveLab Concepts
The Shortcuts sub-menu on the Regular Expression pop-up menu contains the following
options:
Menu item Operator Description
Any digit /d Special code to symbolize
any digit, as [0-9].
Any non-digit /D Special code to symbolize
any non-digit, as [
∧
0-9].
Any letter /l Special code to symbolize
any letter, as [a-z].
Any non-letter /L Special code to symbolize
any non-letter, as [
∧
a-z]. -
Any alphabetic /w Special
code to symbolize any
alphabetic character, as
[0-9a-z].
Any non-alphabetic /W Special code to symbolize
any non-alphabetic
character, as [
∧
0-9a-z].
Any number /u Special code to symbolize
a number (without a sign).
Number with possible +-
before.
/i Special code to symbolize
a number which can be
preceded by a + or - sign.
Quoted string /q Special code to symbolize
quoted text.
Simple word /z Special code to symbolize
a simple word (a sequence
of letters surrounded by
non-letters, e.g. spaces).
All special characters used for regular expressions are available from the "Special characters"
submenu. There is also a Presets sub-menu with pre-defined operations, which include the
following:
Menu item Description
1st/2nd/3rd word This searches for the first, second or third
word, respectively (separated by a space).
Last word This searches for the last word (separated
by a space).
1st/2nd/3rd expression in parentheses This searches for the first, second or third
string enclosed in parentheses,
respectively.
Last expression in parentheses This searches for the last string enclosed
in parentheses.
1st/2nd/3rd expression in brackets This searches for the first, second or third
string enclosed in brackets, respectively.
Last expression in brackets This searches for the last string enclosed
in brackets.
Related topics
Batch Renaming
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