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Funfunfan
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Mar 12, 2022

SOLVED: Find and replace (using wildcards) text at the end of lines in tables

Hello,

I'm trying to replace useless text at the end of lines.
I found the solution for text outside tables - using ^13 to find relevant text at the end of lines:

 

([0-9])г.(^13)
and

([0-9]) г.(^13)

(it's this г. I want to remove)


I can't find a way to do the same thing with text in tables, as lines there don't end with paragraphs (^13) but with some strange sign (a cross between a circle and an x (see inserted picture below).
Is there a way to represent this sign in the find & replace dialog box?

Thank you.

 

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      Funfunfan
      Copper Contributor

      No. As I have shown, it's a letter followed by a dot, after the date [г. = y.(ear) in our language (Bulgarian)], therefore ([0-9])г.(^13) or ([0-9]) г.(^13)
      depending on whether there is a space between the year and the г. or not.
      Only I can't find a way to do it in tables, because lines there don't end with a paragraph, as explained in my question.

      And if I was to replace any г. with nothing, then I would lose the period sign when it happens to be at the end of sentences, which, obviously, I'm trying to avoid, hence г.(^13)
      In the previous 2 steps of the replacement, I replace 
      ([0-9])г. ([!А-Я])
      ([0-9]) г. ([!А-Я])
      ([0-9]) г.([!А-Я ^13])
      with \1 \2
      then 
      ([0-9])г. ([А-Я])
      ([0-9]) г. ([А-Я])

      ([0-9]) г.([А-Я])

      with \1. \2

      and finally 
      ([0-9])г.(^13)
      ([0-9]) г.(^13)
      with \1.\2

      Thank you.

       

      • How about first using a Wildcard replace to replace

        ([0-9]{2,4})r.

        with

        \1 r.

        to put a space before the r. if there isn't one. Then use an ordinary replace to replace a space followed by r and a period (.) with nothing.

        I assume that it is unlikely that in ordinary text, you would have a sentence ending with a space followed by r and a period

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