Faq/Calc/132

How to search for several terms at once
Context

You want to search for more than one text string (example: 12, 25) at once in a selected range using the "Find & Replace..." dialog in menu.

The | character is used in regular expressions to search on what is entered before or after the sign.

But you can't just search for 12|25 because the text (or numbers) could equally occur in combinations like 123, 255, 312, etc.



Solution

Add the expressions ^ and $ to indicate that the search term should only occur at the start and the end of the "paragraph" respectively: