Thanks for the detailed explanation. I’m working through it.
On Friday, September 15, 2023 at 6:38:25 PM UTC-4 Rick Gordon wrote:
> Actually, in case there should be no quoted element in the question, step
> 4 and step 6 should end with * instead of +, since in that case, the whole
> line would be captured in step 2.
>
> So I'm revising my FIND component to:
>
>
> (?:^\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*
> On Friday, September 15, 2023 at 2:42:30 PM UTC-7 Rick Gordon wrote:
>
>> The Find code should work based on your examples, but explaining it out:
>>
>> 1. (?:^\d+\.\h+)
>> Starting at the beginning of the paragraph, any number of digits
>> followed by a period and at least one space or tab
>> Process and ignore. It will be replaced by MC followed by a tab. [
>> MC\t ]
>> 2. ([^"\r]+)
>> Anything but a straight quote or a return
>> Will be preceded by a straight quote, followed by the captured text.
>> [ "\1 ]
>> 3. ("?)
>> One or no straight quotes
>> Will be replaced by itself twice; so one quote will be replaced by
>> two quotes and nothing will be replaced by nothing. [ \2\2 ]
>> 4. ([^"\r]+)
>> Same as #2 [ \3 ]
>> 5. ("?)
>> Same as #3 [ \4\4 ]
>> 6. (.+)
>> Anything else to the end of the paragraph.
>> The captured text, followed by a straight quote [ \5" ]
>> 7. \r\h+
>> A return followed by at least one series of spaces or tabs
>> Replaced by one tab [ \t ]
>> 8.
>>
>>
>> 1. (?:a\)\h)(?:[^{\r]+)(\{C\})?\r\h+
>>
>>
>> 1. a. [ (?:a\)\h ] Lowercase "a" followed by a right paren and a
>> space or tab;
>> b. [ (?:[^{\r]+) ] Anything but a left brace or a return, up to the
>> return;
>> c. [ (\{C\})? ] One or zero instances of Capital "C" enclosed in
>> curly braces;
>> d. [ \r\h+ ] A return followed by one or more spaces or tabs.
>> Process and ignore. It will be replaced by "Choice 1" followed by a
>> tab, followed by "Incorrect", followed by the result of one or zero
>> instances of Capital "C" enclosed in curly braces [ Choice
>> 1\tIncorrect\6\t ]
>> 2.
>>
>>
>> 1. (?:b\)\h)(?:[^{\r]+)(\{C\})?\r\h+
>>
>>
>> 1. For answer "b", analogous to the explanation in step 8 [ Choice
>> 2\tIncorrect\7\t ]
>> 2.
>>
>>
>> 1. (?:c\)\h)(?:[^{\r]+)(\{C\})?\r\h+
>>
>>
>> 1. For answer "c", analogous to the explanation in step 8 [ Choice
>> 3\tIncorrect\8\t ]
>> 2.
>>
>>
>> 1. (?:d\)\h)(?:[^{\r]+)(\{C\})?\r\h*
>>
>>
>> 1. For answer "d", analogous to the explanation in step 8, except for
>> allowing for no spaces after the return, and not adding a final tab [
>> Choice
>> 4\tIncorrect\9
>>
>> ---------
>>
>> On Friday, September 15, 2023 at 8:01:49 AM UTC-7 anotherhoward wrote:
>>
>>> I pasted your first REGEX code and the relevant input into Pattern
>>> Playground in both the Find and Replace sections and nothing is happening.
>>> When I click Next, I just get a beep and am getting the message "No matches
>>> found." I've checked everything and it matches what's in your post in this
>>> forum. What could I be doing wrong?
>>> Howard
>>>
>>> [image: Gordon REGEX (1).png]
>>> On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 7:49:03 PM UTC-4 Rick Gordon wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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