Search & Replace Whole Word and Regex selections are not mutually exclusive

[okrick]

The Regex and Whole Word search options are currently incompatible in the current version. When both are selected, no matches are found.

In GG1, these options were mutually exclusive, meaning only one could be selected at a time.

[windymilla]

While it is true that in GG1 the two options are mutually exclusive, it is not true that in GG2 no matches are found with Regex & Whole Word both selected. What Whole Word does is to wrap the search string in \b...\b (or equivalent). It does this whether you do a normal search or a Regex search.

If you do a Regex & Whole Word search for d.g, it will match dig and dog, but won't match digger or bulldog.

[okrick]

Thanks for the explanation.

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