>2011/8/18 Mike Scott <[email protected]>: >> On 18/08/11 09:48, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: >> .... >>>>>> So, basically, I need to put a <p> tag at the beginning of each >>>>>> paragraph, and a </p> tag at the end of each paragraph. I >>>>>> thought this would be easy, and found the regex info in the help >>>>>> file, but every time I try to run it, I'm told that the >>>>>> beginning or end of the paragraph isn't found. It's not finding >>>>>> \n, either. I do have the "Regular Expressions" and "Current >>>>>> Selection Only" boxes checked. Is it looking for Writer >>>>>> paragraphs? Is there something else I should be searching for >>>>>>in Calc? >> ... >>>> Not an OOo solution, but I find perl is good for this sort of >>>> thing. You could preprocess your csv before importing into Calc. >>> Or you could simply use sed in a terminal. >> True, not that that comes as standard with windows. He doesn't say >> what OS he's using. >> >> (Besides, I've never really got my head round sed Given perl's >> portability and its flexibility in pattern matching, it's my own >> tool of choice for anything from one-off one-liners to OS >> maintenance scripts to.... well, whatever.) >Well, I'm so tired of asking people what operating system they are >running, so I just give the answers that I would like myself if I >asked the same question. If the operating system is not mentioned I >assume that he or she has the same operating system as me. > >So why I suggested sed is that it's pre-installed if your operating >system is the same as what I've got, and he didn't say otherwise in >his original post. Even if he runs Windows, maybe someone else having >the same problem can find the solution in sed, who knows? > >By the way, sed can be installed in windows, at least 32-bit: >http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm
As a Windows user, I'm kind of partial to Notepad++ as a general purpose text/hacking editor. It has regular expression search, so in theory at least you should be able to open your csv file and process it within the editor. http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ -mike brady -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For additional commands send email to [email protected] with Subject: help
