Re: [TxMt] find with "match entire word"

-- Sven Axelsson On 18/07/07, Craig Schmidt craig@craigschmidt.com wrote: > Hi There, > > This seems like a FAQ, but I haven't been able to find the answer > after some looking. Textmate doesn't have a "match entire word" check > box in the find dialog, like most text editors. Presumably, we're > supposed to use regular expressions to achieve the same effect. Most > times, the word is a variable name. So for my variable x in C++, I > want to find all uses including: > > x[i] > x->foo > x.bar > > I've been trying to bracket the variable with the "non word > character", so I search for the regular expression \Wx\W > > This excludes xbar, and foox. However, this isn't quite the same as > matching just the word, as the find dialog also selects the previous > and next character, matching the \W. I can't use it in a replace, for > example. Is there some cleaner way of doing this? > > Thanks, > Craig Schmidt