[email protected] (Neil Faiman) wrote on 10/23/11 3:41 AM
On Oct 23, 2011, at 4:45 AM, Ken Lanxner wrote:
Hi.
How do I write a pattern to match a string that must contain 1 or more
tabs and may also contain 1 or more spaces --- in any order.
[ ]*\t[ /t]*
A mandatory tab, optionally preceded by a string of spaces, and
optionally followed by a string of spaces and/or tabs.
Regards,
Neil Faiman
Thanks for your help, Neil. That works to a point but it seems
to match inconsistently. It doesn't grab longer strings such as
space tab space tab space tab tab. And it even matched a single space.
Here is a typical line. I am hoping the spaces and tabs will
remain intact when sending via Mailsmith.
September 24, 2009 NE Douglas 3271-0000-11 2008/09 4.01%
9/24/09 $1,522.92 $0.00 $1,522.92 $0.00 $1,522.92
$0.00 $1,522.92 128.82 759
OK. Now I am seeing additional spacing in BBEdit with no
character designation. For example, there is space showing
between "NE" and "Douglas" in BBEdit -- and there needs to be
-- but when I show invisibles and show spaces, no character
represents that space. Does that make sense? :-)
These lines are copied from an Excel document. Maybe I can
export them in a way that will be easier for me to work with.
Thanks again.
Ken
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