Following. Sure is an interesting challenge. It'll be cool of someone with mad GREP skills has a brilliant solution. What seems like might work more easily would be to convert the lists to JSON data, merge them, then sort, then convert back to the tabbed format of your example.
Out of curiosity, what system is making use of keyword formatting in your example. Photo Mechanic? Wondering if it's mostly proprietary or if it's a standard keyword categorization system that's in wider use. - MM > On Oct 8, 2022, at 1:57 PM, Matthew Bender <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm a photographer, and my experience sorting with GREP is incredibly > minimal. If this can't be done - apologies! > > I'm building a structured hierarchal keyword list for stock photography > purposes. I aquired two separate pre-assembled lists. Both did certain things > better than the other. I want to combine keyword groups across these two > lists into one large, alphabetized group that maintains the established > hierarchy. > > Most keywords are simply words, but a few involve numbers (#1, for example.). > Being hierarchal, it's been built out using tabs to communicate nested levels > and curly brackets to communicate synonyms. An example is below, the spaces > are all tabs. > > ambition > {ambitious} > ancient > train > ancient civilization > apex > {#1} > {number 1} > appetizing > apprehend > approach > {approaching} > approachable > approval > {approve} > {approving}elegant > email > embryonic > emotion > {emotional} > {emotions} > affection > devotion > fondness > love > passion > sympathy > tenderness > warmth > agitated > {agitation} > flustered > frantic > amusement > {amused} > {amusing} > ego > elegance > embarrassment > emergence > empathy > emphasis > enchantment > encouragement > ending > endurance > energy > enhancement > enjoyment > ennui > enthusiasm > envy > equality > > This example shows what I'd like to do - I want to merge the bottom set (ego > to equality, this came from one list) into the top set (ambition to emotion, > this came from the other list) alphabetically while maintaining the synonyms > and nested structure. Is there a way to just sort data on the 'top layer' > alphabetically (and accounting for the 1% of kewords that are things like #1 > and the special characters like the curly brackets) while maintaining the > established hierarchy? My attempts so far leave things alphabetically > ordered, but the nested layers and top layers get all jumbled together and > the structure is completely broken. It alphabetizes every single word, which > isn't what I want at all. > > Any help or tips would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > -Matt > > > -- > 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 <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/d43d48c6-3181-457c-a29b-53f7a8ca5f8fn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/d43d48c6-3181-457c-a29b-53f7a8ca5f8fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/E6A4757E-1078-4F2B-8CCE-F5FECB95292C%40gmail.com.
