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visual studio code - VSCode regex find & replace submatch math?

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%s@{fileID: \(213[0-9]*\)@\='{fileID: '.(submatch(1)-1900)@

I am using this regex search and replace command in vim to subtract a constant from each matching id.

I can do do the regex find in vscode but how can I reference the submatch for maths & replace? submatch(1) does not work in vscode?

Thanks.

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  • Benjamin Pasero
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    Given a regular expression of (foobar) you can reference the first group using $1 and so on if you have more groups in the replace input field.

  • Shaun Luttin
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    To augment Benjamin's answer with an example:

    Find        Carrots(With)Dip(Are)Yummy
Replace     Bananas$1Mustard$2Gross
Result      BananasWithMustardAreGross

    Anything in the parentheses can be a regular expression.

  • Diogo Paschoal
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    Just to add another example:

    I was replacing src attr in img html tags, but i needed to replace only the src and keep any text between the img declaration and src attribute.

    I used the find+replace tool (ctrl+h) as in the image: Find and replace

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