Neat. Any way to single step thru Find/Replace to watch the the grep pattern progress instead of doing a Replace All? If I do a Next and Replace it doesn't work properly.
Thanks On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 5:42:16 AM UTC-7 Kaveh wrote: > Here is a two stage regex solution. Assuming no bullets (•) in your file, > > Search: ^([^\t]+)\t([^\t]+)\r(?=\1) > replace: \1\t\2\r• > > Search: •[^\t]+ > Replace with empty > > On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 at 08:47, Christopher Stone <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 03/20/2021, at 15:48, John Delacour <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That makes no sense to me. If the current col1 is identical to col1 of >> the previous line, then the value will not be printed; that is the clear >> logic of the routine. I cannot reproduce your error. >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Hey Folks, >> >> I'm with JD on this one. I ran his script on a sample file, and it >> performed as expected. >> >> Samar – I'd want a zipped copy of your test file that's failing to test. >> Also - you said you're working with a *large* file. How large? It >> makes a difference in how one approaches the problem. >> >> I like JD's Perl solution for this. It's neat, clean, fast, and will >> handle big files with ease. >> >> If I *was* to use AppleScript I'd go this route: >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> # Auth: Christopher Stone <[email protected]> >> # dCre: 2021/03/21 02:56 >> # dMod: 2021/03/21 02:56 >> # Appl: BBEdit >> # Task: Massage Text of Columns A and B of a Table. >> # Libs: None >> # Osax: None >> # Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *set* colAStr *to* *missing value* >> *set* {oldTIDS, AppleScript's text item delimiters} *to* {AppleScript's text >> item delimiters, tab} >> >> *tell* *application* "BBEdit" *to* ¬ >> *set* paragraphList *to* contents *of* *lines* *of* *front* >> *document* *where* *its* contents *is* *not* "" >> >> *repeat* *with* i *in* paragraphList >> *if* colAStr = *text item* 1 *of* i *then* >> *set* contents *of* i *to* tab & *text item* 2 *of* i >> *else* >> *set* colAStr *to* *text item* 1 *of* i >> *end* *if* >> *end* *repeat* >> >> *set* AppleScript's text item delimiters *to* linefeed >> *set* paragraphList *to* paragraphList *as* *text* >> *set* AppleScript's text item delimiters *to* oldTIDS >> >> *tell* *application* "BBEdit" *to* ¬ >> *set* *text* *of* *front* *document* *to* paragraphList >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Although it could bog down with very big files. >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> Chris >> >> -- >> 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/B75B0684-484C-4034-AF69-D0731A9FE590%40gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/B75B0684-484C-4034-AF69-D0731A9FE590%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Kaveh Bazargan PhD > Director > River Valley Technologies <http://rivervalleytechnologies.com/> ● Twitter > <https://twitter.com/rivervalley1000> ● LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bazargankaveh/> ● ORCID > <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-9098> > *Accelerating the Communication of Research* > -- 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/1aaf8e41-f479-431e-a290-777609746a27n%40googlegroups.com.
