How can I use newline with the Find-And-Replace in Visual Studio?

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I've become rather fond of the "Find-And-Replace" function in Visual Studio. The function lets me replace phrases, words, symbols, or whatever you can type into the textbox on the screen.

How can I make it replace a character with a newline?

Make sure that you do not have Match Case or Match Whole Word set as this breaks in VS2012. — TriSys, Sep 04 '13 at 11:31
There is similar question in SO [Visual studio find and replace - Add carriage return, OR Newline](http://stackoverflow.com/q/4336417) — Michael Freidgeim, Feb 10 '16 at 03:29

score 18 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 12 '10 at 18:59

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According to Helixoft: Multiline Search and Replace in Visual Studio
you can enable Regular Expressions and then use \n to indicate a new line.

answered Jul 12 '10 at 18:59

Tamara Wijsman

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Also, if you're Finding and must cross a line, be careful to include \r\n to indicate that, as these don't get caught in wildcards. – Charles Roberto Canato Jul 20 '14 at 05:03
This doesn't work in vs 2013 – Marwin Sep 23 '14 at 09:46
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@Marwin: Please note that some documents contain `\r` too. It works for me in VS 2013... – Tamara Wijsman Oct 15 '14 at 15:33
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\r\n worked, it is because of the windows line endings I guess. Thank you for the advice. – Marwin Oct 17 '14 at 08:15

How can I use newline with the Find-And-Replace in Visual Studio?

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