No content on using regular expressions for finding text?

[nielsbom]

Hi,

I could write some docs for using regular expressions in VS Code, but I just wanted to check that I didn't miss any existing content.

What I did find:

• Basic Editing mentions regex but doesn't explain it or point to more docs.
• Tips and Tricks has a bit about using regexes to capture replace, but nothing basic.

Am I overlooking something? Is this something that's wanted?

Thanks!

[gregvanl]

Hi @nielsbom We mention the regex101 site in the Tasks documentation at https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/tasks#_defining-a-problem-matcher. Maybe adding similar notes to Basic Editing and Tips and Tricks would be helpful. I don't think the VS Code docs should go into too much detail teaching people about regex but a simple example in the Basic Editing search section might be nice.

[nielsbom]

Hi @gregvanl 👋

Yeah that sounds doable.

I agree that "a course on regex" is not what the docs need.

I'll write something and then you can shoot at it :-)

[gregvanl]

Closing as interest has waned