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Create Inspections with Regular Expressions

Use regular expressions to create your own search and replace inspections.

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Open settings, go to Editor | Inspections, and press Add. Select Add RegExp Search Inspection… from the list and you will be directed to a dialog where you can set up your new inspection. Select the desired language, use hints from the panel on the left to build a RegExp, and designate the required replacement. You can also specify the severity of how the IDE should highlight found cases in the project.

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