Bug 143226 - Unicode code \uXXXX does not work in a regular expression
Summary: Unicode code \uXXXX does not work in a regular expression
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.1.4.2 release
Hardware: All All
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Reported: 2021-07-07 02:33 UTC by TorrAB
Modified: 2021-07-07 12:13 UTC (History)
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Description TorrAB 2021-07-07 02:33:35 UTC 
Description:
Regular-expression Help says \uXXXX is the character represented by the four-digit hexadecimal Unicode code (XXXX).
This does not work. Searching for ‘m’ as \u006D yields nothing, even if the text has many ‘m’. (I wanted to find a no-break space, U00A0.)


Steps to Reproduce:
1.search (^h) for \u006D in a doc with ‘m’ in it.
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Actual Results:
nothing found

Expected Results:
‘m’ should be found.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



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Comment 1 V Stuart Foote 2021-07-07 03:20:56 UTC 
Can not confirm. <Ctrl>+H find & replace dialog with the 'Regular Expressions' mode checkbox enabled find Unicode string entered with the \u006d syntax--and honors the 'Match case' mode checkbox when that is selected.

Version: 7.1.5.1 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 2ca94649fd6dbdcab938c55c28b6a950a9634a34
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 2 [REDACTED] 2021-07-07 09:37:13 UTC 
no repro

Version: 7.1.4.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: a529a4fab45b75fefc5b6226684193eb000654f6
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: kf5
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 3 TorrAB 2021-07-07 12:13:03 UTC 
Ooops!
Sorry, I must have forgotten to check Regular-expressions