On 27 Feb 2020, at 21:43, 'anotherhoward' via BBEdit Talk <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a list of names in this format: > > B.J. Surhoff\surhob.01 > Bobby Bonilla\bonilbo01 > > I want to extract the last names and separately extract what comes before > each last name > (which could be just the first name or two initials as in "B.J.") so that I > can later organize them this way: > > B.J. Surhoff > Bobby Bobby > > I do not need the data after the slash. > > How can I use GREF (REGEX) to extract the last names and separately the > first/middle values? If you don’t need to script it, search for: (.+?) ([^ ]+?)\\.+ Replace all with \1 \2 JD -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/71966DF5-1088-4F3F-83A1-28E446AAE77F%40gmail.com.
