How to select every N line in vscode?

Question

How can I select every N lines in visual studio code. I can't find a proper regualr expression can let me do this.

Answer 1

1. Press Ctrl+F or command+F.
2. If not already enabled, press Alt+R or option+command+R to toggle RegEx searching (or press the .* button).
3. Enter (.*\n){N} into the search field, replacing N with the number of lines to select (such as (.*\n){2} for every second line).
4. Press Alt+Enter or option+return or Select All Occurrences of find Match from the command palette to select every Nth line.

Answer 2

• Ctrl+H
• Check the regex icon .*
• Search: (^.*?$[\n]){9}

That RegExp will find [ed. but not select] 9 lines of code at a time - empty lines do count as a line.

What are you going to replace them with?

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If you want to replace every nth line, like every 9th line with some new text, try this regex:

((.*\n){8})(.*\n)

and replace with $1[new line 9 stuff here]

Answer 3

Select Multi lines in VsCode

Visual code natively supports this functionality.

But you have to select the lines manually.

1. Hold the alt button and click where you want to select the data

2. You can also select multiple lines

For more details:Visual Studio Code Documentation