# Search and replace in editors

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-and-replace-in-editors/7545>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 9, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-and-replace-in-editors/7545 "2013-11-09T01:03:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RRRancher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@RRRancher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RRRancher)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-and-replace-in-editors/7545/1 "2013-11-09T01:03:19Z")

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This may have been suggested before, but in case it wasn’t, I want to make sure it is posted here. Right now I have to copy a script and paste it in Notepad to do search and replace, then copy and paste it back into the editor when done. Sure would be nice to have it built into the editors.

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**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-and-replace-in-editors/7545/2 "2013-11-09T17:08:20Z")

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Search and replace exists in Ignition editors. Inside an Ignition editor press Ctrl-r

Nick

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**Author:** ![RRRancher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@RRRancher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RRRancher)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-and-replace-in-editors/7545/3 "2013-11-11T21:13:19Z")

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Thanks, Nick. But I must ask, where did you find out about this? I have not seen it in the help, although I may not have read every page yet.

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**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-and-replace-in-editors/7545/4 "2013-11-11T22:11:18Z")

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Hi RRRancher,

I don’t know where I found out about this. Someone told/showed me I guess.

I don’t think it is documented anywhere. In Ignition 7.5 a library was upgraded that is used for Python scripting in Ignition and the search & replace in Python code came with the library upgrade.

And I know this because I couldn’t find the search & replace in Python scripts documented anywhere and I asked one of the developers (Kevin Herron) about it and he told me about the library upgrade.

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**Author:** ![RRRancher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@RRRancher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RRRancher)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-and-replace-in-editors/7545/5 "2013-11-11T22:44:48Z")

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Well, I feel better now that I know I didn’t miss something obvious.

Thanks again for your help, Nick.