[binar]

Fellow Forum Members,
I need to erase a lot of paragraph numbers (shown below) using a Find &
Replace operation. The problem is that 9 has one digit and "10" has two
digits and "120" has three digits. Using the FIND & REPLACE expression
"^#.^#.^#.^#.^#" leaves behind "0" for "10" and "20" for "120". The flaw with
this expression is that it's looking for CARDINAL numbers. Can anyone help me
in developing a wild card expression that will find whatever ORDINAL number
no matter how many digits an allow me to erase it in one single Find &
Replace operation. Thanks in advance for any help.



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3.2.1.3.11 Item 3
3.2.1.3.120 Item 3

[Graham Mayor]

Look for
[0-9]{1,}.[0-9]{1,}.[0-9]{1,}.[0-9]{1,}.[0-9]{1,}
or
[0-9.]{9,}
if there are no other large blocks of numbers
See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


binar wrote:
Fellow Forum Members,
I need to erase a lot of paragraph numbers (shown below) using a Find
& Replace operation. The problem is that 9 has one digit and "10" has
two digits and "120" has three digits. Using the FIND & REPLACE
expression "^#.^#.^#.^#.^#" leaves behind "0" for "10" and "20" for
"120". The flaw with this expression is that it's looking for
CARDINAL numbers. Can anyone help me in developing a wild card
expression that will find whatever ORDINAL number no matter how many
digits an allow me to erase it in one single Find & Replace
operation. Thanks in advance for any help.



3.2.1.3.9 Item 1
3.2.1.3.10 Item 2
3.2.1.3.11 Item 3
3.2.1.3.120 Item 3