Replacing all spaces with tabs

[travisowens]

PS: ignore all quotes, just there to wrap up the regex, also this forum trims spaces so Ive said 4 spaces instead of typing them.

Does VS2005s search & replace lack full RegEx support (ala .Nets)? Im trying to safely convert the 4 space indents to tabs, and want to do this safely. Meaning I dont want to simply convert "4 spaces" to "\t" just in case some string or other (non indenting) spacing exists.

I tried the following RegExs and VS2005 didnt like them, what am I doing wrong?

^(    ){1,}
^(\s{4}){1,}

Anybody reading this should read those as 4 spaces, in sets of 1 or more that start at the beginning of the line. The only thing I can get to work in VS2005 is "^4 spaces". I cannot do sets or use \s, what gives?!

 

[travisowens]

RESOLVED

It seems VS2005 does have decent RegEx support, but it uses its own syntax. Silly me for not clicking the arrow next to the textbox to see it. You can also read up about it at: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000633.html