# Translating Matlab code using Ctrl + f in Atom

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/translating-matlab-code-using-ctrl-f-in-atom/41118>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/translating-matlab-code-using-ctrl-f-in-atom/41118 "2020-06-10T10:31:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadada\_dadada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@dadada\_dadada](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dadada_dadada)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/translating-matlab-code-using-ctrl-f-in-atom/41118/1 "2020-06-10T10:31:06Z")

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Hi, I am translating code from Matlab. My text editor is Atom.

I would like to know if I can change text using find function (ctrl + f) ignoring parts of the text as follows

```julia
size(param.sval, 1);

```

being changed to

```julia
size(param.sval)[1];

```

without having to type “param.sval” so I can change it all at once.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![baggepinnen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/baggepinnen/32/693_2.png) [@baggepinnen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/baggepinnen)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/translating-matlab-code-using-ctrl-f-in-atom/41118/2 "2020-06-10T11:14:38Z")

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> [@dadada\_dadada](#):
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> `size(param.sval, 1)`

`size(param.sval, 1)` should work in julia as well!

But to answer your question, you can use the regex support in Atom’s find-replace