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Old 06-22-2012, 07:48 PM   #88
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Originally Posted by soulafein View Post
Hi! I'm looking for an expression that erase "- " but not " - ".
(example: sim- ple, not: word - word).
Could somebody help me??
There's no real way of knowing that only complete words are on either side of the hyphen, but strictly in keeping with what you asked...

Find: (?<!\s)-\s Or: \w\K-\s
Replace: <empty/blank>

Please test first, and do keep in mind that there's many situations in normal written text where what you're looking for will (and should) occur. I certainly wouldn't suggest using "Replace all" but it may help you narrow down the occurrences enough where you can sign off on each and every replacement.

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