Merge lines with regex in Notepad++ with certain tags

Question

I would like to know how I can merge lines within Notepad++ using regex, with certain tags that start with the character. For example:

1|AAA
BBB
CCC
6|DDD
1|EEE
FFF
6|GGG
1|HHH
UUU
III
6|OOO

The expected result:

1|AAABBBCCC6|DDD
1|EEEFFF6|GGG
1|HHHUUUIII6|OOO

The new records start with 1| line and end with 6| line. Thanks

yeah, I tried to merge rows. But cannot merge with certain tags. I am just new fresher in regex. could you give me some links to learn from basic in regex? Thanks — ZerO, Oct 27 '15 at 10:18
I do not know your level of regex knowledge :) so that I can only suggest doing all lessons at [regexone.com](http://regexone.com/), reading through [regular-expressions.info](http://www.regular-expressions.info), [regex SO tag description](http://stackoverflow.com/tags/regex/info) (with many other links to great online resources), and the community SO post called [What does the regex mean](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22937618/reference-what-does-this-regex-mean). — Wiktor Stribiżew, Oct 27 '15 at 10:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '15 at 09:47

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\r\n(?=(?:(?!1\|)[\s\S])*?6\|)

You can this and replace by empty string.See demo.

answered Oct 27 '15 at 09:47

vks

Thank you vks. could you give me an explaination about using g(global) and m(multi-line) in Notepad++. I dont know why defining gm in notepad++. thanks. – ZerO Oct 27 '15 at 10:25
@ZerO you dont need those in `notepadd++`. – vks Oct 27 '15 at 10:26

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '15 at 09:57

0

You could just use this:

\s(?=[^1])

Also tested in Notepad++

answered Oct 27 '15 at 09:57

SierraOscar

No problem, don't forget to mark the answer that helped (green tick on left) – SierraOscar Oct 27 '15 at 10:53

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