This will require two regexes, which could be set up as a text factory.
The first will handle everything except for the Correct field. It is:
--
FIND:
(?:^\d+\.\h+)([^"\r]+)("?)([^"\r]+)("?)(.+)\r\h+(?:a\)\h)(?:[^{\r]+)(\{C\})?\r\h+(?:b\)\h)(?:[^{\r]+)(\{C\})?\r\h+(?:c\)\h)(?:[^{\r]+)(\{C\})?\r\h+(?:d\)\h)(?:[^{\r]+)(\{C\})?\r\h*
REPLACE:
MC\t"\1\2\2\3\4\4\5"\tChoice 1\tIncorrect\6\tChoice 2\tIncorrect\7\tChoice
3\tIncorrect\8\tChoice 4\tIncorrect\9
--
That would change this:
1. Why is the "Description" component important when reflecting on sports?
a) It helps you set future goals.
b) It provides context and sets the stage for reflection.
c) It summarizes the main lessons learned. {C}
d) It assesses the positive and negative aspects.
2. Why is the "Evaluation" component important?
a) This is choice one. {C}
b) This is choice two.
c) This is choice three.
d) This is choice four.
10. Why is the "Analysis" component important?
a) This is choice one.
b) This is choice two.
c) This is choice three.
d) This is choice four. {C}
…to this:
MC "Why is the ""Description"" component important when reflecting on
sports?" Choice 1 Incorrect Choice 2 Incorrect Choice 3
Incorrect{C} Choice 4 Incorrect
MC "Why is the ""Evaluation"" component important?" Choice 1
Incorrect{C} Choice 2 Incorrect Choice 3 Incorrect Choice
4 Incorrect
MC "Why is the ""Analysis"" component important?" Choice 1
Incorrect Choice 2 Incorrect Choice 3 Incorrect Choice 4
Incorrect{C}
--
Then, a second regex:
--
FIND:
Incorrect\{C\}
REPLACE:
Correct
--
…would change the field for the correct answer.
Rick Gordon
On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 7:13:58 AM UTC-7 anotherhoward wrote:
>
> Here is new input updated to indicate the correct answer {C} in each
> multiple-choice question.
>
> 1. Why is the "Description" component important when reflecting on sports?
> a) It helps you set future goals.
> b) It provides context and sets the stage for reflection.
> c) It summarizes the main lessons learned. {C}
>
> d) It assesses the positive and negative aspects.
>
> 2. Why is the "Evaluation" component important?
> a) This is choice one.
> b) This is choice two. {C}
>
> c) This is choice three.
> d) This is choice four.
>
> 10. Why is the "Analysis" component important?
> a) This is choice one.
> b) This is choice two.
> c) This is choice three. {C}
>
> d) This is choice four.
> On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 12:29:54 AM UTC-4 David G Wagner wrote:
>
>> I am not the best at regex, but the thought of how to indicate what was
>> correct was really all I was offering. If no one comes forward with a
>> solution, then would give it shot for you.
>>
>>
>> Wags ;)
>>
>> WagsWorld
>> Hebrews 4:15
>> Ph(primary) : 408-914-1341 <(408)%20914-1341>
>> Ph(secondary): 408-761-7391 <(408)%20761-7391>
>>
>> On Sep 13, 2023 at 15:38 -0700, 'anotherhoward' via BBEdit Talk <
>> [email protected]>, wrote:
>>
>> David,
>> That sounds like a viable solution. I'm open to that idea. Do I have to
>> do anything to my submission for it to be done the way you suggested?
>> Howard
>>
>> On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 6:08:55 PM UTC-4 David G Wagner wrote:
>>
>>> That is still a lot of work on your end. Why not use a square bracket or
>>> } as the correct answer then it should be handled in hopefully one pass and
>>> no one is doing extra work. Just thought…
>>>
>>> Wags ;)
>>>
>>> WagsWorld
>>> Hebrews 4:15
>>> Ph(primary) : 408-914-1341 <(408)%20914-1341>
>>> Ph(secondary): 408-761-7391 <(408)%20761-7391>
>>>
>>> On Sep 13, 2023 at 11:55 -0700, 'anotherhoward' via BBEdit Talk <
>>> [email protected]>, wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Bruce,
>>>
>>> I misunderstood what was being asked and appreciate the time you put
>>> into your response. I do have a separate answer file for each of my tests.
>>> Further, in the forum, l only underlined the correct answers’ text because
>>> I thought that was the information I was being asked for. My school’s LMS
>>> will grade the exams for me once I supply it with the correct answers,
>>> which is easy for me to do.
>>>
>>> To make things easier here, as most of my tests contain no more than 20
>>> multiple-choice questions, for now, in the reformat, please just use for
>>> all the possible answers for each question (there are four, from
>>> Choice 1 to Choice 4), the word “Incorrect.” Then, once I have the code
>>> that will enable me to reformat a specific test’s questions, it should take
>>> me only a few minutes in BBEdit to change the correct answer in each
>>> question from “Incorrect” to “Correct.”
>>>
>>> Please let me know if you have any questions about what I wrote.
>>>
>>> Howard
>>> On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 1:44:00 PM UTC-4 Bruce Van Allen
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> anotherhoward,
>>>>
>>>> So you’re saying that the input text will have the correct answers for
>>>> each question underlined?
>>>>
>>>> This seems challenging:
>>>>
>>>> * A regular expression will not detect text formatting such as
>>>> underlining - in fact in plain text such as what we work with in BBEdit,
>>>> there IS no underlining. Some word processors allow searching by text
>>>> formatting; whether they’re scriptable I don’t know.
>>>>
>>>> * It’s your work :), but it seems tedious to have to manually underline
>>>> or otherwise mark the correct answers for each of up to 99 questions,
>>>> especially if the only reason to do so is to help with this
>>>> transformation.
>>>> When I’ve built quizzes, the answers are in a separate index file that is
>>>> programmatically accessible for grading quizzes; such a thing would also
>>>> be
>>>> useful for the kind of script that could transform your input into your
>>>> desired output.
>>>>
>>>> # Answers_Quiz_016.txt
>>>> Q A
>>>> 1 a
>>>> 2 c
>>>> 3 a
>>>> 4 d
>>>> 5 c
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> * I suppose this is also a matter of what control you have over the
>>>> input - the set of questions and the knowledge/designation of the correct
>>>> answers. Also, how frequently you have to do this.
>>>>
>>>> More description?
>>>>
>>>> — Bruce
>>>>
>>>> _bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > On Sep 13, 2023, at 10:11 AM, 'anotherhoward' via BBEdit Talk <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Bruce,
>>>> >
>>>> > Please look at my last response, and let me know if that’s provides
>>>> the needed information.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> > Howard
>>>> > On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 1:06:21 PM UTC-4 Bruce Van Allen
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Here’s what I think what Kevin is getting at: if you want a
>>>> generalized method that works for every/any question, not just the three
>>>> in
>>>> your example, then that method has to know which answer to designate as
>>>> correct.
>>>> >
>>>> > E.g., you’ve said there can be as many as 99 questions; which answer
>>>> for question 3 would be the correct one? For question 4? etc.
>>>> >
>>>> > There’s nothing in image 1 (the input) that indicates whether a), b),
>>>> c), or d) is the correct answer for each question.
>>>> >
>>>> > — Bruce
>>>> >
>>>> > _bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > > On Sep 13, 2023, at 9:55 AM, 'anotherhoward' via BBEdit Talk <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Kevin,
>>>> > > Is this of help? I’ve underlined the correct answers in the input.
>>>> > > Howard
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Here is the input in text format:
>>>> > > 1. Why is the "Description" component important when reflecting on
>>>> sports?
>>>> > > a) It helps you set future goals.
>>>> > > b) It provides context and sets the stage for reflection.
>>>> > > c) It summarizes the main lessons learned.
>>>> > > d) It assesses the positive and negative aspects.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > 2. Why is the "Evaluation" component important?
>>>> > > a) This is choice one.
>>>> > > b) This is choice two.
>>>> > > c) This is choice three.
>>>> > > d) This is choice four.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > 10. Why is the "Analysis" component important?
>>>> > > a) This is choice one.
>>>> > > b) This is choice two.
>>>> > > c) This is choice three.
>>>> > > d) This is choice four.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 12:51:46 PM UTC-4 anotherhoward
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > > Kevin,
>>>> > >
>>>> > > The correct answers are shown in Image 2.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Here are the correct answers:
>>>> > > Question 1: C
>>>> > > Question 2: B
>>>> > > Question 3: C
>>>> > >
>>>> > > HowardOn Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 12:34:59 PM UTC-4 Kevin
>>>> Shay wrote:
>>>> > > How do you know which answer is correct for each question?
>>>> > >
>>>> > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 11:32 AM 'anotherhoward' via BBEdit Talk <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>> > > The image below (IMAGE 1) shows a sample of the original format of
>>>> the multiple choice questions I need to convert into another format. As
>>>> there could be from 10-99 of them, I made the third sample #10 so that one
>>>> has a double-digit number.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > If the solution can be presented in REGEX, that would be helpful;
>>>> however, I am open to other solutions.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Howard
>>>> > >
>>>> > > IMAGE 1
>>>> > >
>>>> > > The image after this one (IMAGE 2) shows how I need the first
>>>> image's contents reformatted.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Here is the input in text format:
>>>> > > 1. Why is the "Description" component important when reflecting on
>>>> sports?
>>>> > > a) It helps you set future goals.
>>>> > > b) It provides context and sets the stage for reflection.
>>>> > > c) It summarizes the main lessons learned.
>>>> > > d) It assesses the positive and negative aspects.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > 2. Why is the "Evaluation" component important?
>>>> > > a) This is choice one.
>>>> > > b) This is choice two.
>>>> > > c) This is choice three.
>>>> > > d) This is choice four.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > 10. Why is the "Analysis" component important?
>>>> > > a) This is choice one.
>>>> > > b) This is choice two.
>>>> > > c) This is choice three.
>>>> > > d) This is choice four.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Here is how I need the first image's contents reformatted.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > IMAGE 2
>>>> > >
>>>> > > In the reformat:
>>>> > > 1. Each item starts with "MC."
>>>> > > 2. Immediately after "MC" is the multiple-choice question.
>>>> > > 3. Then, for each item, there are the four possible answers, from
>>>> "Choice 1" to "Choice 4."
>>>> > > 5. Each possible answer is followed by "Correct" (once) and
>>>> "Incorrect" (three times), with the position of "Correct" varying.
>>>> > > 6. Each of an item's components except its last one needs to be
>>>> followed by a TAB press. The last one in each item is followed by a RETURN.
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
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