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 >> >> -- >> > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/062bc74b-312b-4267-a828-52c4a081d87an%40googlegroups.com.
