How to substitute substring with dynamic number of spaces-CodePudding

I would like to use Notepad to substitute the decimal digits of a column of numbers with an equivalent amount of white spaces.

For example, this input (vertical bars are there on purpose)

|    1.23|
|  45.678|
|901.2345|

would become

|    1   |
|  45    |
|901     |

Basically, the dot and decimal digits have been substituted with a dynamic number of white spaces: 2 1 spaces for the first row, 3 1 for the second, 4 1 for the third.

I've looked at a few different posts like

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CodePudding user response：

You can run a python script within the PythonScript plugin.

The following will work for any number of digits after the dot.

If it is not yet installed, follow this

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