Ah, I thought all lines had that. Then you could replace "2 PLAC " (with space) with a unique string, e.g. ●, and at the end replace ● by "2 PLAC "
Not sure that would solve it. On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 at 19:02, Dave Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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