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What is wrong with this wildcard search?
I've got a doc with several instances like this one:
LECTURE IX CONVERSION I'm trying to change that to: Lecture IX: CONVERSION This search string, with wildcards enabled, LECTURE ([A-Z]{1,5}) does select the first line, above. But if I add a captu LECTURE ([A-Z]{1,5})\1 I get no hits. I can't see what I've done wrong here. Thanks, p. -- Using Office 2003 sp3 on Windows XP Home Behold, I will allure her, I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her - Ho. 2.14. http://onfollowingchrist.wordpress.com/ |
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What is wrong with this wildcard search?
I think you're trying to do what Word already does for you. The
parenthesised expression is 'captured' automatically and "\1" can be used to position it in the replace string without you needing to do anything. Adding to the Find string means Word is looking for "\1" after your string, and can't find it. -- Enjoy, Tony www.WordArticles.com "Paul B" wrote in message ... I've got a doc with several instances like this one: LECTURE IX CONVERSION I'm trying to change that to: Lecture IX: CONVERSION This search string, with wildcards enabled, LECTURE ([A-Z]{1,5}) does select the first line, above. But if I add a captu LECTURE ([A-Z]{1,5})\1 I get no hits. I can't see what I've done wrong here. Thanks, p. -- Using Office 2003 sp3 on Windows XP Home Behold, I will allure her, I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her - Ho. 2.14. http://onfollowingchrist.wordpress.com/ |
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What is wrong with this wildcard search?
On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:37:29 +0100, Tony Jollans wrote:
I think you're trying to do what Word already does for you. The parenthesised expression is 'captured' automatically and "\1" can be used to position it in the replace string without you needing to do anything. Adding to the Find string means Word is looking for "\1" after your string, and can't find it. Tony, did I ever tell you you're absolutely brilliant? g Thanks, p. -- Using Office 2003 sp3 on Windows XP Home Behold, I will allure her, I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her - Ho. 2.14. http://onfollowingchrist.wordpress.com/ |
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