Given:
Y1.571
X-20.3033 Z7.802 F80. A-.761 C-90.
X-19.7012 Z7.7895 A-1.525 C-93.776
X-19.0993 Z7.769 A-2.288
X-18.4977 Z7.7405 A-3.051
X-17.8965 Z7.704 A-3.813


X-17.296 Z7.6596 A-4.576
X-16.6961 Z7.6072 A-5.339

I'm trying to isolate any string alone on on a line. I always thought that a line ends with either a paragraph marker ^p or a ^l . When I attempt to do a search for either a string at the end of line or just the end of line character itself, the search fails. In fact, searching for a ^p yields the following error message: "^p is not a special character for the Find What box or is not supported when the Use Wildcards check box is selected."

What's going on? Other references speak of being able to use ^p. Has something changed? I used to use it myself.

Re-read the message. It tells you precisely what the problem is.

I could have sworn I tried that and it didn't work. Thanks again.

This could possibly be due to your document settings or the version of Word you are using. It is possible that your version of Word may have a change in how the paragraph marker (^p) is handled or how it is treated within search. Alternatively, try using other special characters such as end of line (^l) or end of paragraph (¶) to search for paragraphs in your document.

Nah I just read that I cannot search for a ^p. It has to be a chr(13) or something.

You can search for ^p if the Match Wild Cards attribute is set to false.

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Yes but can you search for a mixed string that includes ^p and other wildcards with the Match Wild Cards set to false, e.g. "X*Y*^p"?

No, the wildcard characters e.g., *, {, ] etc. are treated as literal characters if Match Wild Cards is set to false.

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You can use ^013 instead of ^p when using wildcards.