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Old 08-31-2014, 06:48 AM   #408
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
It woud be better to use a catchall like

Find:
Code:
((Mr|Mrs|Dr|other)\.)</p>\s*<p( [^>]*)?>
Replace:
Code:
\1
(space after the 1)
Which would exclude paragraphs that had no attributes. Why not:
Code:
((Mr|Mrs|Dr|other)\.)</p>\s*<p[^>]*?>
Replace:
Code:
\1
(space after the 1)
instead?
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