Notepad++:: Completely remove lines that contains

Question

Well, I guess that that is my title is pretty much self explanatory on what I'm about to achieve.

Here is an example of my current text file:

"Diva" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998.
Who will win Eurovision Song Contest 2015?
Eurovision Song Contest Statistics:
Who will win Eurovision 2015?

This is what I want to get:

"Diva" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998.
Eurovision Song Contest Statistics:

So basically each line that contains the ? character (the location doesn't necessarily have to be at the end of the line) will be replaced with nothing.

I have tried [^\r\n]*?[^\r\n]*([\r\n]+|$) but it removes too much.

Answer 1

^[^\n]*\?[^\n]*(?:\n|$)

Try this.Replace by empty string.See demo.

https://regex101.com/r/sJ9gM7/76

Answer 2

You can avoid regular expressions and use the Mark tab of the Find window. Select Search mode as Normal, also select Bookmark line. Set the Find what to be ? and then click Mark all. Next use the menu => Search => Bookmarks => Remove bookmarked lines.

Answer 3

In order to deal with any linebreak:

Find what: ^.*\?.*(\R|$)
Replace with: <NOTHING>

\R stands for any line break, ie. \r, \n and \r\n

Make sure that Regular Expression is checked and dot matches newline is NOT.

Answer 4

You can use [^\r\n]*\?[^\r\n]*([\r\n]+|$) regex to match a line having a ? symbol. Mark . matches newline.

Replace with empty string.