# Detect different source and target

**URL:** <https://forum.xbench.net/t/detect-different-source-and-target/491>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [April 10, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/detect-different-source-and-target/491 "2019-04-10T17:19:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbradbury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mbradbury](https://forum.xbench.net/u/mbradbury)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/detect-different-source-and-target/491/1 "2019-04-10T17:19:10Z")

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Is there any way to detect target strings that are different from source strings in Xbench?

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**Author:** ![omartin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.xbench.net/omartin/32/82_2.png) [@omartin](https://forum.xbench.net/u/omartin)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/detect-different-source-and-target/491/2 "2019-04-11T05:41:16Z")

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The following search should detect those strings:

Source: `"^(.+)=1$"`  
Target: `-^@1$`

Search mode: Regular Expressions  
Powersearch: On. Press Ctrl+P to run the search at the Search tab.

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**Author:** ![mbradbury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mbradbury](https://forum.xbench.net/u/mbradbury)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/detect-different-source-and-target/491/3 "2019-04-11T12:34:39Z")

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Thank you so much Òscar. It works like a charm.