How do I remove everything after the first 4 or 5 letters of a string notepad++

Question

I have a text document on notepad++ filled with things

V307G5C
V307G57
V307G5X
V307G54
V307G57
V307G5Y
V307G58
V307G5L
V307G56
V307G5M

And I want them to be like this

V307
V307
V307
V307
V307
V307
V307
V307
V307
V307

How do I achieve this?

Thank you!

Does this answer your question? [Notepad++: Delete everything after a number of characters in string](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28124538/notepad-delete-everything-after-a-number-of-characters-in-string) (since you love regex.... ) — Luuk, Nov 22 '21 at 12:03
For your sample I would use `G.*` and `Replace` leave it empty ..... — Haji Rahmatullah, Nov 22 '21 at 21:04

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '21 at 12:09

1

Another idea is to use \K which resets beginning of the reported match:

^.{4}\K.+

And replace with empty string. See this demo at regex101.

NP++ replace options: [•] regular expressions, [ ] . matches newline

answered Nov 22 '21 at 12:09

bobble bubble

Hello! I was trying to read and understand this. How does it know to not keep deleting everything in the next line? – Iloveregex Nov 22 '21 at 12:55
@Iloveregex The dot does not match newlines, if it does: Uncheck [ ] `. matches newline` in np++. – bobble bubble Nov 23 '21 at 11:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 22 '21 at 12:04

0

Use this in find/replace dialog:

Find what: (^....).*
Replace with: \1
⦿ Regular expression

Replace All

answered Nov 22 '21 at 12:04

trincot

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