Find:         ([A-Z])([a-z]*+.*) ([A-Z][a-z]*+.*)

Replace:   \1\3*\4*

Why the "+."?     Isn't the space between first and last name all that is 
needed?

And what is \4   mean with only three captures?



On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 12:10:04 PM UTC-7 Benjamin Irwin wrote:

> That's cool but I had to move one of the periods inside the ")" as follows.
>
> Find:  ([A-Z])([a-z]+.) ([A-Z][a-z]+.)
>
> Replace:  \1\3\4
>
> On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 10:46:48 AM UTC-4 Kjetil Rå Hauge wrote:
>
>> Try this: 
>> - Click Case sensitive and Grep 
>> - Find: "([A-Z])([a-z]+.) ([A-Z][a-z]+)." 
>> - Replace: "\1\3\4 " 
>> ________________________________________ 
>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of 
>> Bill Walker <[email protected]> 
>> Sent: 09 October 2023 04:32 
>> To: BBEdit Talk 
>> Subject: Change First Name SPACE Last Name to First Initial Last Name 
>>
>> Example: Change John Doe to JDoe 
>>
>> -- 
>>
>

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