I have this regular expression to find certain keywords on a line:
.*(word1|word2|word3).*
In the find and replace feature of the latest VSCode it works ok and finds the words but it just blanks the lines leaving big gaps in-between.
I would like to delete the entire line including linefeed.
The find and replace feature doesnt seem to support reg exp in the replace field.
If you want to delete the entire line make your regex find the entire line and include the linefeed as well. Something like:
^.*(word1|word2|word3).*\n?
Then ALT-Enter will select all lines that match and Delete will eliminate them including the lines they occupied.
Command + Shift + K to delete line on Mac
Mark's answer as an example in the VSCode screenshot for those who need extra guidance. Click on the '.*' icon followed by 'replace all' with a blank entry to delete, or your replacement text.
Clicking the X icon next to a result allows you to dismiss that result from the replace function
I had need to remove lines with [,,] where some blank values from a DB export couldn't be tolerated in the database I was migrating to. The specific regex string to use there was
^.*,,.*?\n
Posting this for my own future reference as much as anything.
