Hi Marcus Sorry I think I made a mistake. I am not at my computer but pls try and put a semicolon before the backslash in replace. So replace is semicolon plus whatever was in brackets.
Sent from MetroMail On Fri, 10 May 2024 at 00:13, Marcus Abundis <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/e5257b22-9ae4-45c9-ac16-20c0313a22e2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAJ2R9pg4Y8W1dSkStkgguKnOMqWumgvJOqu9TgssO0C63X7U-w%40mail.gmail.com.
