Hi Kaveh I'm not sure that that would solve it.
It first needs to find the lines beginning with "2 PLAC " and act only on those lines. Replacing "2 PLAC " with something else would give the same issue, it would have to find only those lines beginning with our substitute label. Many thanks for your help. Think I'll put it on the back burner for now. Regards Dave On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 8:52:23 AM UTC+1 Kaveh Bazargan wrote: > 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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