Hi Kaveh, Thanks much for your note! Yeah, I see how " (\d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d\d\d, \d\d:\d\d, )" SHOULD work with ";(\d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d\d\d, \d\d:\d\d, )" . . . but I don't see how using a Backreference like "\1" applies to this situation—how does this produce an ";" ?! Am I missing something? Can you be more specific about how this applies to my situation?
Thanks! Marcus On Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 6:12:58 PM UTC+2 Kaveh Bazargan wrote: > 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/e5257b22-9ae4-45c9-ac16-20c0313a22e2n%40googlegroups.com.
