Hi Kaveh Sorry about the delay in replying, had to go out. I’m a bit confused as to how the 2 PLAC can be put back to correct line
Not every line in the file begins with 2 PLAC Dave On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 4:29:21 PM UTC+1 Kaveh Bazargan wrote: > BTW to replace > > 2 PLAC > > at start of lines when replacements have been done, replace: > > "^" -- start of line > with > > "2 PLAC " > > On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 at 15:28, Kaveh Bazargan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Simplest might be first to remove all "2 PLAC " >> >> Then replace >> "(?<!(?:[0-9]))" >> with >> ", " >> >> So replace any space not preceded by a digit to a comma space. >> >> Would that work? >> >> On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 at 15:19, Dave Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Kaveh >>> >>> No problem, 3 examples of before and after >>> >>> 2 PLAC 129 Haymarket London England >>> 2 PLAC 129 Haymarket, London, England *[Ideal answer because space >>> between '129' and 'Haymarket' is skipped, but not essential]* >>> >>> 2 PLAC 24 Long Street Chester Cheshire >>> 2 PLAC 24, Long, Street, Chester, Cheshire >>> >>> 2 PLAC Meadows, Lowestoft, England >>> 2 PLAC Meadows Lowestoft England >>> >>> Thanks >>> On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 2:48:07 PM UTC+1 Kaveh Bazargan wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Dave >>>> >>>> Could you give several examples of before, then the same ones after? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Kaveh >>>> >>>> On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 at 14:45, Dave Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, I'm a novice at this sort of thing. >>>>> >>>>> I have a line of text:- >>>>> *2 PLAC 11 Haymarket Willenhall Staffordshire* >>>>> >>>>> I want to replace the spaces with , [comma space] after the first >>>>> part of the line [2 PLAC ] >>>>> >>>>> ^(2 PLAC ) finds me the start >>>>> Now I want to replace the spaces with comma space:- >>>>> >>>>> *2 PLAC 11, Haymarket, Willenhall, Staffordshire* >>>>> [It would be brilliant if it were possible to skip the first space >>>>> between 11 and Haymarket] >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks for your help >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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