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Searching for either a character or no character
Let's say I want to search for all instances of "its" and "it's" in a document. I could do that with two searches, one for "its" and one for "it's." But can I search for them with one search? For that I would need search parameters that would be either one character (the apostrophe) or no character. I don't see any way in Word to do that.
It would need to be something like this: it['[no character]]s I use Word 97. Thanks. Larry |
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Searching for either a character or no character
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[Ii]t['s]{1,2} or it['s]{1,2} with the wildcard option set - http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Larry wrote: Let's say I want to search for all instances of "its" and "it's" in a document. I could do that with two searches, one for "its" and one for "it's." But can I search for them with one search? For that I would need search parameters that would be either one character (the apostrophe) or no character. I don't see any way in Word to do that. It would need to be something like this: it['[no character]]s I use Word 97. Thanks. Larry |
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Searching for either a character or no character
Thank you. Clever. It would never have occurred to me to combine the [xy] syntax with the {1,2} syntax.
I also want to find occurrences of the word that have smart apostophes, so I added the smart apostrophe and also added the end of word mark: [Ii]t['’s]{1,2} Now a single search stops at every possible form of its and it's: it's and it’s and It's and It’s and its and Its. Thanks again. Larry "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Search for [Ii]t['s]{1,2} or it['s]{1,2} with the wildcard option set - http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Larry wrote: Let's say I want to search for all instances of "its" and "it's" in a document. I could do that with two searches, one for "its" and one for "it's." But can I search for them with one search? For that I would need search parameters that would be either one character (the apostrophe) or no character. I don't see any way in Word to do that. It would need to be something like this: it['[no character]]s I use Word 97. Thanks. Larry |
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Searching for either a character or no character
Nice trick!
Before you turn it loose replacing things in your document, be aware that it will also hit "it'd" and "it'll" if they happen to be present. Bob S On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 07:48:03 +0300, Graham Mayor wrote: Search for [Ii]t['s]{1,2} or it['s]{1,2} with the wildcard option set - http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm |
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