How to Swap text before and after a symbol in Notepad++

In this article, we will look at how to swap the text before and after a specific symbol in Notepad++. Notepad++ Download

• Press Ctrl+H to open the Find and Replace window.
• Go to the Replace tab.
• Enable the Regular expression option.

Let's assume we have lines like text1|text2, and we want to swap the text before the | symbol and after it.

• In the Find field, enter the regular expression:

  (.*)\|(.*)

• In the Replace with field, enter the expression:

  \2|\1

• Click Replace All to replace all occurrences in the file.

Example

Before replacement:
example1|example2
exampleA|exampleB

After replacement:
example2|example1
exampleB|exampleA

Explanation of the regular expression

• (.*) — captures any text before the | symbol.
• \| — the delimiter symbol, in this case, |.
• (.*) — captures any text after the | symbol.
• \2|\1 — replaces the found text, placing the text after the symbol before it.

By using Notepad++ and regular expressions, you can change the order of parts of text separated by a specific symbol.