Q:

Find lines containing 123985 and Positive_Adjustment in Notepad++

I am trying to find lines in files where a specific number AND a specific string occur, with an arbritrary set of characters between them (in other words they each occur anywhere in the line, not next to each other*).
*Edit:  To clarify,  I am merely stating that the two string values won't be next to each other. I am not saying this is a requirement of the regex.  It will be ok if it finds 123985Positive_Adjustment. It just won't because there are no lines like that.  Apologies if my question was misleading.
I have tried many regular expressions after searching google for this problem but none have done exactly what I need.  One example I've tried is...
123985.*Positive_Adjustment
(Search for that number, then an arbritrary number of characters, then that string)
Can anyone suggest a correct regular expression to use that will acheive this in Notepad++ (up-to-date at time of writing)
An example of a valid match would be....
15/02/12|abc|123985|G1|6|12:04:29|19088829.96|Positive_Adjustment||||299243.70|||0.00|299243.70|15/02/12|||10.9.210.0||5001|0.0000|||||||||||||||||||||||||

A:

in other words they each occur anywhere in the line, not next to each other

^.*123985.+Positive_Adjustment.*$

This simple regex should do it for you.

