Sorry, still not clear for me. Does Fletcher's answer work? Are you saying there are specific numbers you do not want to match, say <strong>135</strong> but ones that you do want to match, say <strong>137</strong> ?
Otherwise can you explain further? On Sun, 14 May 2023 at 18:09, 'Andy Nickless' via BBEdit Talk < [email protected]> wrote: > Yes, of course, Kaveh - thanks for your speedy reply - again! > I got this the other day (you helped with it) to find a line of text (or > text and numbers) which end with a colon and a space - > <p>(.+?)\: > It's brilliant, but there are occasions when I want to avoid a pattern > such as <strong>123</strong>. The number varies, (from 1 to 999) and there > may be other numbers, but I want to include those. In other words, avoid > lines with numbers within the <strong></strong> tags. > > At other times, I want to avoid a certain word (or html). > I hope that makes sense! > Andy > > On Sunday, 14 May 2023 at 17:57:20 UTC+1 Kaveh Bazargan wrote: > >> can you give examples of strings you want to match and strings you don't >> want to match? >> >> On Sun, 14 May 2023 at 17:29, 'Andy Nickless' via BBEdit Talk < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Something that I've been unable to find out is how to skip searching >>> something which already contains a simple pattern: >>> For instance, to find a number consisting 1-3 digits I use (\d{1,3}) - >>> but how can I AVOID a number of up to 3 digits? >>> Thanks in advance - >>> Andy >>> >>> -- >>> 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/4455d2a7-6efe-4183-903e-ea1baa8e091dn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/4455d2a7-6efe-4183-903e-ea1baa8e091dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> Kaveh Bazargan PhD >> Director >> River Valley Technologies <http://rivervalley.io> ● Twitter >> <https://twitter.com/rivervalley1000> ● LinkedIn >> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bazargankaveh/> ● ORCID >> <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-9098> ● @[email protected] >> <https://mastodon.social/@kaveh1000> >> *Accelerating the Communication of Research* >> >> * >> <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bazargankaveh_ismte-innovation-award-recipient-kaveh-bazargan-activity-7039348552526921728-XAEB/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop> >> [image: >> https://rivervalley.io/gigabyte-wins-the-alpsp-scholarly-publishing-innovation-award-using-river-valleys-publishing-technology/] >> <https://rivervalley.io/gigabyte-wins-the-alpsp-scholarly-publishing-innovation-award-using-river-valleys-publishing-technology/>* >> > -- > 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/1adbf484-f522-457c-ae49-6558ec336b19n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/1adbf484-f522-457c-ae49-6558ec336b19n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kaveh Bazargan PhD Director River Valley Technologies <http://rivervalley.io> ● Twitter <https://twitter.com/rivervalley1000> ● LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bazargankaveh/> ● ORCID <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-9098> ● @[email protected] <https://mastodon.social/@kaveh1000> *Accelerating the Communication of Research* * <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bazargankaveh_ismte-innovation-award-recipient-kaveh-bazargan-activity-7039348552526921728-XAEB/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop> [image: https://rivervalley.io/gigabyte-wins-the-alpsp-scholarly-publishing-innovation-award-using-river-valleys-publishing-technology/] <https://rivervalley.io/gigabyte-wins-the-alpsp-scholarly-publishing-innovation-award-using-river-valleys-publishing-technology/>* -- 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/CAJ2R9pgngkU1CLc0-%2Bn9XfaNt4ptpCggZAtd%3Dseud-imJv5%2B8w%40mail.gmail.com.
