Remove Parts of a string between two sets of characters.

[RedneckNerd]

I am reading a series of data strings from a serial port.  RS-232.

Bellow is an example of the data coming in.

ROM TEST IS IN PROGRESS ...  PLEASE WAIT     VERSION 8

I would like to look for  and delete everything up to and including 2K then look for the next instance of  and delete to 2K.

Rinse and repeat.

Ideally the string would end up as;

ROM TEST IS IN PROGRESS ...  PLEASE WAIT   VERSION 8

[crossrulz · Accepted solution]

Match Pattern is your friend...

[CoastalMaineBird]

I would like to look for  and delete everything up to and including 2K then look for the next instance of  and delete to 2K.

You need to state your rule differently.

As written, your rule will leave nothing except "VERSION 8".

In any case, MATCH PATTERN and MATCH REGULAR EXPRESSION will do things along this line.

[CoastalMaineBird]

How did you come up with '\1B" ?

I don't see that in the original string he posted:

[RedneckNerd]

Thanks.  I had tried something similar to this but couldn't get that initial string correct.

[RedneckNerd]

1B is the hex for the left arrow symbol  .

I kept trying to use the  instead of 1B.

[CoastalMaineBird]

I don't see the left arrow AT ALL, that's why I said that your written rule was wrong.

[crossrulz]

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@CoastalMaineBird wrote:

I don't see the left arrow AT ALL, that's why I said that your written rule was wrong.

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It just appeared in the string when I copied the string from the browser and pasted in a string control.  Whether or not the OP is really getting that in the data, that is unknown at this point.

[Mancho00]

Strange.  It's perfectly clear to me.

[RedneckNerd]

It definitely has a left arrow at the beginning.