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searching for multiple alternative string in MS Word?
I want to search for all occurrences of "which" in a document that are not
preceeded by prepositions. Is there any way to accurately do this with MS Word's wildcard search? Thanks |
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searching for multiple alternative string in MS Word?
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:56:53 -0400, "David" wrote:
I want to search for all occurrences of "which" in a document that are not preceeded by prepositions. Is there any way to accurately do this with MS Word's wildcard search? Thanks Not with wildcards -- there is no wildcard for "preposition". It would be possible to write a macro that finds each occurrence of "which" and compares the preceding word to a list of all prepositions (such as that in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._prepositions). What do you want to do after you find an occurrence? Also, does it make any difference if there is punctuation between the occurrence and the preceding word? Should the search be case-sensitive? Questions such as these should be answered before starting to design the macro. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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searching for multiple alternative string in MS Word?
Yes, I want to include this function in a macro. I have written macros
that employ MS Word's wildcard search, but I don't know how to compare part of a found string with a separate list of words. I would be search for words without punctuation before "which"--e.g., "([A-z]@) which" Thanks for your help, On Aug 24, 12:59*pm, Jay Freedman wrote: On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:56:53 -0400, "David" wrote: I want to search for all occurrences of "which" in a document thatare not preceeded by prepositions. Is there any way to accurately do this with MS Word's wildcard search? Thanks Not with wildcards -- there is no wildcard for "preposition". It would be possible to write a macro that finds each occurrence of "which" and compares the preceding word to a list of all prepositions (such as that inhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_prepositions). What do you want to do after you find an occurrence? Also, does it make any difference if there is punctuation between the occurrence and the preceding word? Should the search be case-sensitive? Questions such as these should be answered before starting to design the macro. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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searching for multiple alternative string in MS Word?
This macro should do what you want. Notice that I've left it up to you to finish
constructing the list of prepositions that should be matched -- I don't know how many of them you want to include. Notice also that the way the macro is written, you can't use any of the two-word or three-word prepositions ("according to", etc.). See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if needed. Sub PrepositionWhich() Dim oRg As Range Dim PrepList As String PrepList = "|about|above|across|against|along|among|around|as |at" PrepList = PrepList & _ "|before|behind|below|beneath|beside|between|beyon d|by|" ' Continue this kind of assignment until PrepList contains ' all the prepositions you want to look for. ' Each word must have a | character before and after it, no spaces. Set oRg = Selection.Range If Selection.Type wdSelectionIP Then oRg.Collapse wdCollapseEnd oRg.End = ActiveDocument.Range.End With oRg.Find .ClearFormatting .Text = "[A-Za-z]@ which" .MatchWildcards = True .Format = False .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindStop Do .Execute If InStr(PrepList, "|" & Trim(oRg.Words(1)) & "|") Then oRg.Select Exit Sub Else oRg.Collapse wdCollapseEnd End If Loop Until Not .Found MsgBox "No more occurrences." End With End Sub On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:27:28 -0700 (PDT), levydav wrote: Yes, I want to include this function in a macro. I have written macros that employ MS Word's wildcard search, but I don't know how to compare part of a found string with a separate list of words. I would be search for words without punctuation before "which"--e.g., "([A-z]@) which" Thanks for your help, On Aug 24, 12:59*pm, Jay Freedman wrote: On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:56:53 -0400, "David" wrote: I want to search for all occurrences of "which" in a document thatare not preceeded by prepositions. Is there any way to accurately do this with MS Word's wildcard search? Thanks Not with wildcards -- there is no wildcard for "preposition". It would be possible to write a macro that finds each occurrence of "which" and compares the preceding word to a list of all prepositions (such as that in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._prepositions). What do you want to do after you find an occurrence? Also, does it make any difference if there is punctuation between the occurrence and the preceding word? Should the search be case-sensitive? Questions such as these should be answered before starting to design the macro. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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