Well, thanks for the help (Keith & JC). At least, I'm one step closer!
Jon -----Original Message----- From: Keith Bates [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [users] Regular Expression for data in parentheses On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:27:01 -0600 "Knight, Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alright, that works! (Thanks for steering me.) Is there anyway to > turn off the "longest match" rule? When I've got something like > "(data) text (data)", the whole bit is matched when I'd rather get > two separate matches. ?? Now that one is beyond me! Keith > > > > In Writer, I'd like to Search & Replace all occurrences of data > > enclosed in parentheses. I'm able to do so in MS Word by using > > "\(*\)" as a regular expression, without the double-quotes of > > course. I have read the regular expression section in the OO help, > > but nothing I try is successful. I thought that "\([:print:]\)" > > would work, but it doesn't. > > > Try \(.*\) > -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------- The information in this message may be proprietary and/or confidential, and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify First Data immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
