Yes simple when you know how! Sorry about error in first reply. \1 etc replace each set of brackets. You will find regex101 helpful for search pattens. Google it.
Sent from MetroMail On Fri, 10 May 2024 at 13:33, Marcus Abundis <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. If you have a feature >>>>> request or believe that the application isn't working correctly, please >>>>> email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. 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