Pattern based replace allows to perform find and replace using intuitive patterns
The tool allows search and replace text using patterns. It is very useful if you want to replace some macro or functions in your code with new syntax. For example:
cepi_callback(PenInterface, ptr, WM_LBUTTONDOWN, FW, ActivateTexPrv)
replace to
FW->connect(WM_LBUTTONDOWN, &PenInterface::ActivateTexPrv, ptr);
in this case you may define replacement pattern
cepi_callback($expression_Class,$expression_ptr,$expression_msg,$expression_w,$expression_func)
=====>
$expression_w->connect($expression_msg, &$expression_Class::$expression_func, $expression_ptr)
The idea is to find text by named patterns and substitute it into the new expression. All tokens consist of
$name_of_token_Your_own_id
Your_own_id used to distinguish the token from other ones and substitute it into the correct place.
Usage:
SmartReplacer.exe [options]
Options list:
/i Input file.
/o Output file. If not specified, the file will be overwritten.
/p Pattern file.
All next options are for multiple files batch processing:
/r Run recursively through files in the folder.
/f Run non-recursively through files in the folder.
/c Copy all changed files to this folder. By default all changed files will be copied to the folder Changed/
/remove Remove everything from the folder with changes to place there only fresh results.
/.ext Accept all files with this extension. *.* is not acceptable, you should write extension explicitly.
You may provide multiple extensions.
List of tokens:
$string - quoted string "...".
$characters - regular characters - [a..z,A..Z,0..9,_,.].
$floating - floating-point value.
$numbers - any amount of numbers [0..9].
$expr - correct expression.*
$variable - correct variable name.
$block - block between brackets { ... }.
$square - block between square brackets [ ... ].
$brackets - block between round brackets ( ... ).
***When we say "correct expression" we mean:
The expression contains the same amount of vice-versa brackets ''(){}[]/**/. May contain any charactes within any sort of brackets.
Outside the brackets scope it may contain #a..z A..Z 0..9 () [] {} +- *&~\!:_/* and spaces.
Comma ',' may not be outside the brackets scope, comma ends the expression.
Use $zero token to mark next token as optional.
Format of pattern file:
pattern_to_search_1
=====>
pattern_to_replace_1
=============================
pattern_to_search_2
=====>
pattern_to_replace_2
=============================
....