Switch word postions in Notepad ++

My text looks like this:

Text1 | Text2 | Text3 | Text4 | Text5 | Text6 | Text7

And I want to change text positions like this

Text1 | Text4 | Text5 | Text6 | Text2| Text3 | Text7

And if it's possible to remove the | between Text 4, 5, 6, so that it looks like

Text1 | Text4 Text5 Text6 | Text2 | Text3 | Text7

If it is not possible, I'll be happy if the first problem is solved.

You may use

^([^|]*\|)((?:[^|]*\|){2})((?:[^|]*\|){3})

And replace with $1$3$2.

Details:

^ - start of a line
([^|]*\|) - Group 1 ($1) capturing zero or more chars other than | and then a literal |
((?:[^|]*\|){2}) - Group 2 ($2) capturing 2 sequences of the same pattern as in Group 1
((?:[^|]*\|){3}) - Group 3 ($3) capturing 2 sequences of the same pattern as in Group 1

The order is changed with the order of the backreferences in the replacement pattern.

To remove the 2nd, 3rd and 4th |, use a similar expression:

Find what: ^([^|]*\|)([^|]*)\|([^|]*)\|([^|]*)
Replace with: $1$2$3$4

Basically, you just manipulate the capturing group boudaries and the order of the backreferences in the replacement pattern, that is all.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39223508/switch-word-postions-in-notepad

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