Regex for finding data in a specific column of a row

Question

I am trying to find a document for data in a specific column. I am trying to use:

^.{x}[data to find]

where x is the number of columns I want - 1.

I'm not sure if I am doing something wrong, or if my regex mechanism does not support this syntax. I am trying to use Notepad ++ if this is useful.

Answer 1

Update 2013-2014 (4-5 years later)

As mentioned by Alan Moore in the comments

Notepad ++ v6.x supports real regex support through the PCRE library

. " Notepad ++ ()" ( )

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.... [repeat '.' as many time as the number of column you want] ...[data to find]

^: Notepad ++ , . eol (\r \n)

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Asmor :

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Answer 2

Awk , .

++ {x} , .