Find and replace pattern in complicated text file

[Pithikos]

Here's a snippet of my text file:

| UnitEnteredLos()  ||  ||  ||  ||  unitID, teamID
|-
| UnitLeftRadar()  ||  ||  ||  ||  unitID, unitTeam
|-
| UnitLeftLos()  ||  ||  ||  ||  unitID, unitDefID, teamID

How can I replace every function from the textfile so it becomes like this:

| [[/UnitEnteredLos()/]]  ||  ||  ||  ||  unitID, teamID
|-
| [[/UnitLeftRadar()/]]  ||  ||  ||  ||  unitID, unitTeam
|-
| [[/UnitLeftLos()/]]  ||  ||  ||  ||  unitID, unitDefID, teamID

So I want each "functionName()" to become "[[/functionName()/]]".

I have been using Gedit and I read the basics of regular expressions some time ago but can't remember much. Any suggestion is welcome.

[V-Turn]

Here's a snippet of my text file:

| UnitEnteredLos()  ||  ||  ||  ||  unitID, teamID
|-
| UnitLeftRadar()  ||  ||  ||  ||  unitID, unitTeam
|-
| UnitLeftLos()  ||  ||  ||  ||  unitID, unitDefID, teamID

How can I replace every function from the textfile so it becomes like this:

| [[/UnitEnteredLos()/]]  ||  ||  ||  ||  unitID, teamID
|-
| [[/UnitLeftRadar()/]]  ||  ||  ||  ||  unitID, unitTeam
|-
| [[/UnitLeftLos()/]]  ||  ||  ||  ||  unitID, unitDefID, teamID

So I want each "functionName()" to become "[[/functionName()/]]".

I have been using Gedit and I read the basics of regular expressions some time ago but can't remember much. Any suggestion is welcome.

Here's a very useful site to test regexp live : http://gskinner.com/RegExr/

The pattern your are looking for is (\w*\(\)). See http://gskinner.com/RegExr/?2spah for your example live.

V.

[Pithikos]

Here's a very useful site to test regexp live : http://gskinner.com/RegExr/

The pattern your are looking for is (\w*\(\)). See http://gskinner.com/RegExr/?2spah for your example live.

V.

Thanks! Though I am not sure how I am supposed to use the expression to replace the text..

[Pithikos]

Problem solved.

I just used Geany (seems it beats the heck out of Gedit).
I just clicked on Seach>Replace and checked the "Use escape sequences"(it even has an option for regular expressions).

Then I replaced "\n| " with "\n| [[/"
and "() ||" with "()/]] ||".

Worked as a charm