In Intellij IDEA how do I replace text with a new line?
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Say I wanted to replace all commas with commas and a new line using Intellij IDEA's replace function. What do I put in the search box? In vim I'd use &\r
Java Solutions
Solution 1 - Java
You need to check the Regex box and use "\n" for the new line character:
Solution 2 - Java
Use Multiline button, no Regex is needed.
edit: the multiline button is missing since IntelliJ 15, but you can enable it by clicking into the textfield and pressing Alt+Enter or Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Solution 3 - Java
Hit CTRL+F and check the regex checkbox. Then search for , and replace it with ,\n.
Solution 4 - Java
The easiest way that I have done it is to use the regular expression form of replace.
Chances are that you don't want to replace the {, but just keep in my escaping them if you do want to do so.
Solution 5 - Java
For Intellij Ultimate 2017.3 on Mac, command-shift-enter works
Solution 6 - Java
On intellij Ultimate 2017.1:
I didn't need regex. But I could make the multiline replace appear.
- I entered \n in the field I wanted to replace
- I placed my cursor in the field where I wanted to enter the replacement text, and clicked Ctrl-Shift + Enter. Here I just hit return
Solution 7 - Java
For those looking for the old multiline replace in inteliJ with version > 15.x. It seems somewhat hidden, but if you select multiple lines > click CTRL+F, then immediately click CTRL+R you are presented with the original multiline replace.
This is working on Mac IntelliJ 2016.1.3 with ⌘+F > ⌘+R
Solution 8 - Java
A clean approach would be to add (?m) in front of the regular expression, which turns on the multi line mode. This has the advantage that you can also use it in the global file search (Ctrl-Shift-F).
Example: (?m)\{(.|\n)*?\} searches for multi-line blocks surrounded by curly braces.
Solution 9 - Java
The is related but not exactly what you asked. But I needed it and I can imagine others do to. So I had the problem in Node.js where I wanted to split a reject into call into a log and reject for clarity
reject(error)
into
reject(error)
In normal mode, I did find and replace
>Find: reject(error)
>Replace: appLogger.log(error, 'error')\n reject(error)
Then in regex mode I did a second find and replace:
>Find: \\n
>Replace \n
Solution 10 - Java
Ctrl + Shift + R while the replaced text is selected:
This works for Replace in Path (WebStorm 2018.2.3):
see here