On 20 Mar 2021, at 16:33, samar mailto:arnet...@bluewin.ch>> wrote:
> ...when I run the text filter, not all occurrences of the first element get
> replaced when necessary:
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>
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> Here a tab should also replace A1 in line 5, A2 in line 12, and A3 in line 18.
That makes no sense to me. If
You asked for GREP, and this isn’t GREP, but it still solves your problem. I
used AppleScript.
Note: this script is written in order to be as easy to follow as possible. It
could be improved of course.
Basically I’m going down your document a line at a time, comparing what’s on
the left
Thank you! This is helpful, and the result better than mine was.
However, when I run the text filter, not all occurrences of the first
element get replaced when necessary:
[image: tab3.png]
Here a tab should also replace A1 in line 5, A2 in line 12, and A3 in line
18.
Thanks
samar
On
On 20 Mar 2021, at 11:30, samar wrote:
> I'm looking for something which I assume is pretty easy to accomplish with
> GREP but I fail to see how.
>
> I have a large text file with entries sorted in this way:
>
> ...That is, the first element is replaced by a tab character *if* the first
>
Hi
This is the first time a post a message here.
I'm looking for something which I assume is pretty easy to accomplish with
GREP but I fail to see how.
I have a large text file with entries sorted in this way:
[image: tab1.png]
That is, each line has two elements (represented here by A\d and
