Try: Search: " (\d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d\d\d, \d\d:\d\d, )" replace: "\1"
\1 replaces the first item in brackets found. On Wed, 8 May 2024 at 13:13, Marcus Abundis <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > I am new to BBEdit (trying it out) and I have a problem in using the > standard “Find and Replace” window in BBEdit. Only the “Grep” and “Show > matches” boxes checked in that window (no other boxes checked), and the > situation unfolds as follows: > > TARGET STRING/FIELD: “ 29.12.2023, 10:23, ” > — Target values, held in varied records, with varied fields for each > record, all in one .CSV file. > > FIND STRING: “ \d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d\d\d, \d\d:\d\d, ” > — This Find String works exactly as I wish, no problems. > > REPLACE STRING: “;\d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d\d\d, \d\d:\d\d, ” > — This Replace String does NOT work as desired. I want to replace the > leading “ ” space with a “;” while RETAINING all original digital values. > > OUTPUT STRING: “;dd.dd.dddd, dd:dd, ” > — What I ACTUALLY end up with is directly above . . . > > EXPECTED OUTPUT: “;29.12.2023, 10:23, ” > — What I EXPECTED to achieve is directly above. > > What am I missing?! — thanks much for your help!! > > Marcus > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature > request or believe that the application isn't working correctly, please > email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on > Mastodon: <https://mastodon.social/@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/5ad4d9d9-d32c-415a-aa7c-2d3282ad0802n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/5ad4d9d9-d32c-415a-aa7c-2d3282ad0802n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kaveh Bazargan PhD Director River Valley Technologies <http://rivervalley.io> ● Twitter <https://twitter.com/rivervalley1000> ● LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bazargankaveh/> ● ORCID <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-9098> ● @[email protected] <https://mastodon.social/@kaveh1000> *Accelerating the Communication of Research* * <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bazargankaveh_ismte-innovation-award-recipient-kaveh-bazargan-activity-7039348552526921728-XAEB/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop> [image: https://rivervalley.io/gigabyte-wins-the-alpsp-scholarly-publishing-innovation-award-using-river-valleys-publishing-technology/] <https://rivervalley.io/gigabyte-wins-the-alpsp-scholarly-publishing-innovation-award-using-river-valleys-publishing-technology/>* -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or believe that the application isn't working correctly, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Mastodon: <https://mastodon.social/@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/CAJ2R9phr4STbsRYjh%3DwtHj-g3qzYc%2BUetEu_d_VWy2nTF1tS7A%40mail.gmail.com.
