# Regexreplace multiple strings in a loop with FORMATTING?

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**Created:** [April 24, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/regexreplace-multiple-strings-in-a-loop-with-formatting/48226 "2024-04-24T11:15:02Z")\
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Oh, I remember pulling this off quite a while ago. Of course I wouldn’t find it now 😅

I recently solved a somewhat similar thing. It was about replacing `{{Named}} {{parameters}}` with ready-to-`Format()` placeholders like `{1} {2}` etc. and applying proper values to those. And my solution preserved formatting. I have only recorded a very improvised video on that, which I shared with patrons, but I was too overwhelmed to make a proper tutorial out of it yet.

The short answer is, it’s only possible with some effort. I don’t remember if Substitute preserves formatting (probably not / not yet?) but RegexAnything functions for sure don’t.

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P.S. Oh, I guess that’s it. Here I was replacing sought words with underlined versions of them.  
RegexExtract isn’t a hidden formula anymore, and we didn’t have WithName back then, so today you can easily make it into a single formula.

> [@Highlight words in column based on master list of words](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/highlight-words-in-column-based-on-master-list-of-words/17458/5):
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> Here’s a solution that can match phrases. It’s a multi-step one though. Also it should be a more robust one than the one above, since it doesn’t split the text by every word but only wherever necessary to then stitch it back. It uses a hidden RegexExtract formula; it supports flags so instead of using Lower() elsewhere I just set it up to work as case-insensitive.

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