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Amazing Bug in Search/Replace -- still!
In an exploring mood, I dug up the following old post I sent in 2003. The
same buggy behavior, exactly as described, persists in MS Word 2003: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uriel Wittenberg" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft .public.word.formatting.longdocs Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: Amazing Bug in Search/Replace Create a 16,500-line .TXT file as follows: -------------------------------- 0 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 2 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q .... 16499 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q -------------------------------- Open it in Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SR-3). Replace all "$q^p" (no formatting) with "^p" (with formatting: choose some paragraph style) The quotation marks (") above are not included in the search & replace strings. Here are the amazing results I get: all but 36 of the 16,500 lines are changed as expected. 36 are left unchanged. The ones that don't get changed are not contiguous: 1002 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1258 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1514 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1770 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q .... 9962 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q In fact, they appear to be 256 lines apart, don't they? But 1002 is the first, and 9962 the last. Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word? -- http://urielw.com |
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Amazing Bug in Search/Replace -- still!
It works fine here - eventually - no entries are missed.
It also works (faster) with a wildcard search ([0-9]{1,}*)$q^13 replace with \1^p Uriel wrote: In an exploring mood, I dug up the following old post I sent in 2003. The same buggy behavior, exactly as described, persists in MS Word 2003: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uriel Wittenberg" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft .public.word.formatting.longdocs Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: Amazing Bug in Search/Replace Create a 16,500-line .TXT file as follows: -------------------------------- 0 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 2 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 16499 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q -------------------------------- Open it in Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SR-3). Replace all "$q^p" (no formatting) with "^p" (with formatting: choose some paragraph style) The quotation marks (") above are not included in the search & replace strings. Here are the amazing results I get: all but 36 of the 16,500 lines are changed as expected. 36 are left unchanged. The ones that don't get changed are not contiguous: 1002 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1258 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1514 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1770 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 9962 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q In fact, they appear to be 256 lines apart, don't they? But 1002 is the first, and 9962 the last. Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word? |
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Amazing Bug in Search/Replace -- still!
Incidentally, it works much faster if you do it in Excel.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Uriel wrote: In an exploring mood, I dug up the following old post I sent in 2003. The same buggy behavior, exactly as described, persists in MS Word 2003: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uriel Wittenberg" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft .public.word.formatting.longdocs Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: Amazing Bug in Search/Replace Create a 16,500-line .TXT file as follows: -------------------------------- 0 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 2 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 16499 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q -------------------------------- Open it in Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SR-3). Replace all "$q^p" (no formatting) with "^p" (with formatting: choose some paragraph style) The quotation marks (") above are not included in the search & replace strings. Here are the amazing results I get: all but 36 of the 16,500 lines are changed as expected. 36 are left unchanged. The ones that don't get changed are not contiguous: 1002 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1258 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1514 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1770 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 9962 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q In fact, they appear to be 256 lines apart, don't they? But 1002 is the first, and 9962 the last. Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word? |
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Amazing Bug in Search/Replace -- still!
Graham, this is a report of a bug, not a search for a better way to modify
this test file. I don't know why it would have worked for you if you're using WinWord 2003. What style did you use? "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... It works fine here - eventually - no entries are missed. It also works (faster) with a wildcard search ([0-9]{1,}*)$q^13 replace with \1^p Uriel wrote: In an exploring mood, I dug up the following old post I sent in 2003. The same buggy behavior, exactly as described, persists in MS Word 2003: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uriel Wittenberg" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft .public.word.formatting.longdocs Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: Amazing Bug in Search/Replace Create a 16,500-line .TXT file as follows: -------------------------------- 0 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 2 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 16499 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q -------------------------------- Open it in Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SR-3). Replace all "$q^p" (no formatting) with "^p" (with formatting: choose some paragraph style) The quotation marks (") above are not included in the search & replace strings. Here are the amazing results I get: all but 36 of the 16,500 lines are changed as expected. 36 are left unchanged. The ones that don't get changed are not contiguous: 1002 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1258 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1514 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1770 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 9962 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q In fact, they appear to be 256 lines apart, don't they? But 1002 is the first, and 9962 the last. Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word? |
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Amazing Bug in Search/Replace -- still!
I haven't tried this one - I don't have the inclination to create the text
file This would seem to be another symptom of the same problem you have with your 'China' file - does it resolve itself if you save it as a .doc file? I think the problem is more likely to be with what Word does when it imports text files rather than with the Find and Replace function. I appreciate that may not be much consolation but you seem to have a known and reproducible error and a workaround (assuming it _does_ work as a doc file) so, for the moment at least, you will probably just have to live with the workaround. As a side note about your observation about the lines being 256 apart but starting at 1002. The lines in that range all have a particular length that is different from the length of other lines - I guess that's relevant but don't know how. -- Enjoy, Tony "Uriel" wrote in message ... In an exploring mood, I dug up the following old post I sent in 2003. The same buggy behavior, exactly as described, persists in MS Word 2003: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uriel Wittenberg" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft .public.word.formatting.lo ngdocs Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: Amazing Bug in Search/Replace Create a 16,500-line .TXT file as follows: -------------------------------- 0 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 2 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 16499 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q -------------------------------- Open it in Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SR-3). Replace all "$q^p" (no formatting) with "^p" (with formatting: choose some paragraph style) The quotation marks (") above are not included in the search & replace strings. Here are the amazing results I get: all but 36 of the 16,500 lines are changed as expected. 36 are left unchanged. The ones that don't get changed are not contiguous: 1002 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1258 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1514 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1770 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 9962 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q In fact, they appear to be 256 lines apart, don't they? But 1002 is the first, and 9962 the last. Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word? -- http://urielw.com |
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Amazing Bug in Search/Replace -- still!
I haven't tried this one - I don't have the inclination to create the text
file Sorry, shoulda provided it. Just grab it at ftp://ftp.urielw.com/bug0.zip (a 44KB file). This would seem to be another symptom of the same problem you have with your 'China' file I think you're right. I might have explored this more. This is a problem with Edit:Find. It's quite amazing. I've got all these similar lines ...... 996 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 997 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 998 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 999 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1000 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1001 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1002 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1003 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1004 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1005 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ..... and by searching on "$q^p" I can highlight one instance after another by (after exiting the dialogue) doing ctrl-pagedown repeatedly. But when I get to the one on the 1001 line and do ctrl-pagedown again, it highlights the one on the 1003 line, skipping the one on the 1002 line! does it resolve itself if you save it as a .doc file? Yes. you seem to have a known and reproducible error and a workaround You mean, save as a .DOC file before doing any editing. Yes, that's a workaround. But you have to know about the bug to know you need the workaround. And given that Word only trips at the 1002'nd instance, after finding the first 1001 successfully, it's easy not to know about the bug. As a side note about your observation about the lines being 256 apart but starting at 1002. The lines in that range all have a particular length that is different from the length of other lines Don't know what you mean there. The 1000 and 1001 lines are the same length as the 1002 line. |
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Amazing Bug in Search/Replace -- still!
I have to go out now, but I will try it with your test file later. FWIW
using the file I created it works just fine and I could not reproduce your 'bug'. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Uriel wrote: Graham, this is a report of a bug, not a search for a better way to modify this test file. I don't know why it would have worked for you if you're using WinWord 2003. What style did you use? "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... It works fine here - eventually - no entries are missed. It also works (faster) with a wildcard search ([0-9]{1,}*)$q^13 replace with \1^p Uriel wrote: In an exploring mood, I dug up the following old post I sent in 2003. The same buggy behavior, exactly as described, persists in MS Word 2003: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uriel Wittenberg" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft .public.word.formatting.longdocs Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: Amazing Bug in Search/Replace Create a 16,500-line .TXT file as follows: -------------------------------- 0 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 2 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 16499 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q -------------------------------- Open it in Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SR-3). Replace all "$q^p" (no formatting) with "^p" (with formatting: choose some paragraph style) The quotation marks (") above are not included in the search & replace strings. Here are the amazing results I get: all but 36 of the 16,500 lines are changed as expected. 36 are left unchanged. The ones that don't get changed are not contiguous: 1002 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1258 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1514 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1770 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 9962 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q In fact, they appear to be 256 lines apart, don't they? But 1002 is the first, and 9962 the last. Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word? |
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Amazing Bug in Search/Replace -- still!
I have re-tested with the file from your ftp site (which is identical to the
file I created in Excel) and have the following observations: If you run the search: $q^p replace with ^p on an unsaved plain text file opened in Word, then the entries you quote are indeed missed. Save as a Word document (which is what I had done yesterday after creating your sample) and they are not missed. This may be to do with the fact that ^p is not merely the code for a paragraph mark (that would be ^13), but is the area in which the formatting of the paragraph is stored. The regular nature of the missed entries suggests that something else may be stored here. If you use ^13 rather than ^p in the *search string only* then all the lines are changed as anticipated. Whether this is a bug or a 'feature' is not something I care to debate. Either way, this is not a forum for reporting bugs to Microsoft, but a place for reporting observations and inviting comment from fellow users - which I did by offering what you asked for i.e.. "Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word" So now I have offered you three methods by which you can reliably and comprehensively search and replace your test sample in Word. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Graham Mayor wrote: I have to go out now, but I will try it with your test file later. FWIW using the file I created it works just fine and I could not reproduce your 'bug'. Uriel wrote: Graham, this is a report of a bug, not a search for a better way to modify this test file. I don't know why it would have worked for you if you're using WinWord 2003. What style did you use? "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... It works fine here - eventually - no entries are missed. It also works (faster) with a wildcard search ([0-9]{1,}*)$q^13 replace with \1^p Uriel wrote: In an exploring mood, I dug up the following old post I sent in 2003. The same buggy behavior, exactly as described, persists in MS Word 2003: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uriel Wittenberg" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft .public.word.formatting.longdocs Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: Amazing Bug in Search/Replace Create a 16,500-line .TXT file as follows: -------------------------------- 0 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 2 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 16499 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q -------------------------------- Open it in Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SR-3). Replace all "$q^p" (no formatting) with "^p" (with formatting: choose some paragraph style) The quotation marks (") above are not included in the search & replace strings. Here are the amazing results I get: all but 36 of the 16,500 lines are changed as expected. 36 are left unchanged. The ones that don't get changed are not contiguous: 1002 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1258 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1514 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1770 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 9962 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q In fact, they appear to be 256 lines apart, don't they? But 1002 is the first, and 9962 the last. Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word? |
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Amazing Bug in Search/Replace -- still!
In both this case and the other one, the strings which are not found include
paragraph marks which fall across 256-byte boundaries in the txt file - in other words ... At address (in hex) mFF character 13 At address (in hex) n00 character 10 (n = m+1) It suggests that the conversion from txt to internal word format doesn't catch and convert this quite properly But the conversion from internal Word format to doc format (on saving as doc) finishes the job off properly - in fact I think a conversion to normal style without saving might be enough to do the trick. Whatever the precise reason, searching for the constituent bytes of the ^p - either ^13^10, or just ^13 appears to work correctly all the time so, bug or not, there is a way to get round the problem. A brief note on ^13 - although it, itself, is not a complete Word 'character', when it is at the end of a Find string, the complete Word character is included in the selected result of the Find (an analagous situation exists when searching for UTF-16 surrogate pairs designating unicode code points in planes 1-16). -- Enjoy, Tony "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... I have re-tested with the file from your ftp site (which is identical to the file I created in Excel) and have the following observations: If you run the search: $q^p replace with ^p on an unsaved plain text file opened in Word, then the entries you quote are indeed missed. Save as a Word document (which is what I had done yesterday after creating your sample) and they are not missed. This may be to do with the fact that ^p is not merely the code for a paragraph mark (that would be ^13), but is the area in which the formatting of the paragraph is stored. The regular nature of the missed entries suggests that something else may be stored here. If you use ^13 rather than ^p in the *search string only* then all the lines are changed as anticipated. Whether this is a bug or a 'feature' is not something I care to debate. Either way, this is not a forum for reporting bugs to Microsoft, but a place for reporting observations and inviting comment from fellow users - which I did by offering what you asked for i.e.. "Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word" So now I have offered you three methods by which you can reliably and comprehensively search and replace your test sample in Word. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Graham Mayor wrote: I have to go out now, but I will try it with your test file later. FWIW using the file I created it works just fine and I could not reproduce your 'bug'. Uriel wrote: Graham, this is a report of a bug, not a search for a better way to modify this test file. I don't know why it would have worked for you if you're using WinWord 2003. What style did you use? "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... It works fine here - eventually - no entries are missed. It also works (faster) with a wildcard search ([0-9]{1,}*)$q^13 replace with \1^p Uriel wrote: In an exploring mood, I dug up the following old post I sent in 2003. The same buggy behavior, exactly as described, persists in MS Word 2003: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uriel Wittenberg" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft .public.word.formatting.lo ngdocs Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: Amazing Bug in Search/Replace Create a 16,500-line .TXT file as follows: -------------------------------- 0 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 2 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 16499 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q -------------------------------- Open it in Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SR-3). Replace all "$q^p" (no formatting) with "^p" (with formatting: choose some paragraph style) The quotation marks (") above are not included in the search & replace strings. Here are the amazing results I get: all but 36 of the 16,500 lines are changed as expected. 36 are left unchanged. The ones that don't get changed are not contiguous: 1002 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1258 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1514 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1770 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 9962 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q In fact, they appear to be 256 lines apart, don't they? But 1002 is the first, and 9962 the last. Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word? |
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Amazing Bug in Search/Replace -- still!
Smart thinking, Tony!
I didn't rack my brain to figure out where the 256-byte boundaries occur in my earlier test file, but anyone can confirm your hypothesis in their living room by creating a text file with 255 characters on line 1 and just a bit of stuff on line 2. Of course my mail program will chop the lines, but this gives the idea: --- file contents: --- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12345 xxx ---------------------- Indeed, save that as Plain text, close the file, reopen as Plain text, then do Edit:Find to search "5^p", and you won't find it. (Searching just for "^p" does for some reason work properly, however.) Also, as you note, the problem doesn't occur if using "^13^10" instead of "^p"; searching for "5^13^10" succeeds. Gee. Edit:Find hardly has any mystery left anymore. "Tony Jollans" My Forename at My Surname dot com wrote in message ... In both this case and the other one, the strings which are not found include paragraph marks which fall across 256-byte boundaries in the txt file - in other words ... At address (in hex) mFF character 13 At address (in hex) n00 character 10 (n = m+1) It suggests that the conversion from txt to internal word format doesn't catch and convert this quite properly But the conversion from internal Word format to doc format (on saving as doc) finishes the job off properly - in fact I think a conversion to normal style without saving might be enough to do the trick. Whatever the precise reason, searching for the constituent bytes of the ^p - either ^13^10, or just ^13 appears to work correctly all the time so, bug or not, there is a way to get round the problem. A brief note on ^13 - although it, itself, is not a complete Word 'character', when it is at the end of a Find string, the complete Word character is included in the selected result of the Find (an analagous situation exists when searching for UTF-16 surrogate pairs designating unicode code points in planes 1-16). -- Enjoy, Tony |
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Amazing Bug in Search/Replace -- still!
Whether this is a bug or a 'feature' is not something I care to debate.
I guess I can live with that. Thanks for your comments. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... I have re-tested with the file from your ftp site (which is identical to the file I created in Excel) and have the following observations: If you run the search: $q^p replace with ^p on an unsaved plain text file opened in Word, then the entries you quote are indeed missed. Save as a Word document (which is what I had done yesterday after creating your sample) and they are not missed. This may be to do with the fact that ^p is not merely the code for a paragraph mark (that would be ^13), but is the area in which the formatting of the paragraph is stored. The regular nature of the missed entries suggests that something else may be stored here. If you use ^13 rather than ^p in the *search string only* then all the lines are changed as anticipated. Whether this is a bug or a 'feature' is not something I care to debate. Either way, this is not a forum for reporting bugs to Microsoft, but a place for reporting observations and inviting comment from fellow users - which I did by offering what you asked for i.e.. "Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word" So now I have offered you three methods by which you can reliably and comprehensively search and replace your test sample in Word. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Graham Mayor wrote: I have to go out now, but I will try it with your test file later. FWIW using the file I created it works just fine and I could not reproduce your 'bug'. Uriel wrote: Graham, this is a report of a bug, not a search for a better way to modify this test file. I don't know why it would have worked for you if you're using WinWord 2003. What style did you use? "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... It works fine here - eventually - no entries are missed. It also works (faster) with a wildcard search ([0-9]{1,}*)$q^13 replace with \1^p Uriel wrote: In an exploring mood, I dug up the following old post I sent in 2003. The same buggy behavior, exactly as described, persists in MS Word 2003: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uriel Wittenberg" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft .public.word.formatting.longdocs Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: Amazing Bug in Search/Replace Create a 16,500-line .TXT file as follows: -------------------------------- 0 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 2 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 16499 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q -------------------------------- Open it in Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SR-3). Replace all "$q^p" (no formatting) with "^p" (with formatting: choose some paragraph style) The quotation marks (") above are not included in the search & replace strings. Here are the amazing results I get: all but 36 of the 16,500 lines are changed as expected. 36 are left unchanged. The ones that don't get changed are not contiguous: 1002 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1258 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1514 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1770 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q ... 9962 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q In fact, they appear to be 256 lines apart, don't they? But 1002 is the first, and 9962 the last. Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word? |
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just testing
"Uriel" wrote: In an exploring mood, I dug up the following old post I sent in 2003. The same buggy behavior, exactly as described, persists in MS Word 2003: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uriel Wittenberg" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft .public.word.formatting.longdocs Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: Amazing Bug in Search/Replace Create a 16,500-line .TXT file as follows: -------------------------------- 0 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 2 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q .... 16499 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q -------------------------------- Open it in Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SR-3). Replace all "$q^p" (no formatting) with "^p" (with formatting: choose some paragraph style) The quotation marks (") above are not included in the search & replace strings. Here are the amazing results I get: all but 36 of the 16,500 lines are changed as expected. 36 are left unchanged. The ones that don't get changed are not contiguous: 1002 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1258 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1514 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q 1770 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q .... 9962 test test test test test test test test test test test test $q In fact, they appear to be 256 lines apart, don't they? But 1002 is the first, and 9962 the last. Is there some way to get reliable, comprehensive search & replace in Word? -- http://urielw.com |
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