topic Re: Variable Name Search in Software Archive

Variable Name Search

Intel_C_Intel — Tue, 09 Oct 2001 22:46:51 GMT

Hello,
I'd appreciate help in the area of searching tools. I haven't been able to find a tool in VF for this task that I think should exist. I'm working on an old multi-routine project where the author used variable names like "R". I'd like to change all occurances of "R" as a variable name to an array equivalent, such as "RTH(I)". If the author had used a more unique name, I'd have no problem, but searching for the string "r" gets far too many false positives.
Thanks, Jack M. O'Leary

Re: Variable Name Search

Steven_L_Intel1 — Tue, 09 Oct 2001 23:11:11 GMT

I don't know of an easy way to do the replacement, but if you select Tools..Source Browser and let it rebuild the application, a Source Browser dialog will come up. Uncheck the "case sensitive" box, enter R and select Definitions and References. You'll be given a list of all the definitions and references to R - you'll then have to double-click on each one to go there and make the change manually.

Steve

Re: Variable Name Search

Intel_C_Intel — Tue, 09 Oct 2001 23:16:28 GMT

You might be able to use "match whole word" in the search and the
search and replace functions. It would be nice to have "start of word"
and "end of word" options as well.

Bill

Re: Variable Name Search

Intel_C_Intel — Tue, 09 Oct 2001 23:30:41 GMT

Thanks Guys,
Steve's suggestion of using the Source Browser is essentially what I was looking for. I've never understood this tool previously. Thanks for the hint.
Jack

Re: Variable Name Search

Jugoslav_Dujic — Tue, 09 Oct 2001 23:33:45 GMT

I'd recommend "File substring replacement utility" ($15) by Gammadyne as a smart and reliable tool for multi-file replacements.

Re: Variable Name Search

Intel_C_Intel — Tue, 09 Oct 2001 23:34:45 GMT

You might be able to use "match whole word" in the search and the
search and replace functions. It would be nice to have "start of word"
and "end of word" options as well.

Bill