How to edit with multiple-selections in RStudio?

Question

names(mydata)[names(mydata)=="q1"] <- "q01"  

I want to select 2 mydata at the same time and then can edit them at the same time.

Some advanced text editors let you have multiple cursors, so that, for example, if I select both "mydata" in this line, and then hit delete and type "otherdata", I end up with:

names(otherdata)[names(otherdata)=="q1"] <- "q01"  

Although this can be done here with a simple search and replace, sometimes having multiple selection and multiple cursors is possibly easier.

The Sublime Text editor can do this, as can Atom and Emacs.

Answer 1

From Rstudio conf-2017

1. place your cursor on one of the mydata terms
2. Press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + M: "Rename in scope. Refactoring"

This will select all the matching terms in your code

3. Use the arrow keys to move the multi-cursor to the position you want to start editing.
4. Press esc when you are finished