Yeah, thanks. I eventually figured that out. On Friday, May 10, 2024 at 4:39:08 AM UTC+2 Kaveh Bazargan wrote:
> 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. 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