Thank you all. Got it working!
Otto
Op dinsdag 8 april 2025 om 18:53:43 UTC+2 schreef [email protected]:
> This pattern works on the sample text. Replacing the \b with an optional
> space.
>
> (?=^.{42,}$)(.{,23}\b[,.:;"!?]? ?)(.*)\n
>
>
> [fletcher]
>
> On Apr 8, 2025, at 8:53 AM, Otto Munters <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I took the word break (\b) away, the grep is
> now: (?=^.{42,}$)(.{0,23}[,.:;"!?]*\b)(.*)
> Still the same error. Tried many variations, still not working. Pff.
>
> Op dinsdag 8 april 2025 om 15:30:11 UTC+2 schreef Neil Faiman:
>
>> Your first capture group matches
>>
>> - a string of no more than 23 characters
>> - that is followed by a word break
>> - optionally followed by a punctuation mark
>> - that is followed by a word break
>>
>>
>> You expect this to match
>>
>> - “They get rid of things” (22 characters)
>> - Which is followed by a word break (between the letter “s” and the
>> non-letter “,”)
>> - And the following punctuation mark (comma)
>> - Which is followed be a word break — *and there is the error*.
>> Neither the comma nor the following space is a letter, so *the comma
>> is not followed by a word break*.
>>
>>
>> Instead, it matches
>>
>> - “They get rid of things” (22 characters)
>> - Which is followed by a word break (between the letter “s” and the
>> non-letter “,”)
>> - *Not the comma*, which is OK, because the punctuation mark is
>> optional
>> - Followed by a word break — still the same word break between “s”
>> and “,”.
>>
>>
>> So the first capture group matches up to, *but not including*, the comma.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Neil Faiman
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2025, at 5:09 AM, Otto Munters <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Error in regex for BBedit:
>> What is wrong in this regex?
>> (?=^.{42,}$)(.{,23}\b[,.:;"!?]?\b)(.*)
>>
>> problem: the comma is also moved with capture group 2, it should stay
>> with capture group 1
>>
>> Example, whole sentence to be split in two parts:
>> They get rid of things, very simple clothing.
>>
>> regex with error returns:
>> 1st line: They get rid of things
>> 2nd line: , very simple clothing.
>>
>> should be:
>> 1st line: They get rid of things,
>> 2nd line: very simple clothing.
>>
>>
>>
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