Limit find to whole words.

aerosol_grey · 03-12-2012, 09:33 AM

Is there a way to limit Sigil 0.5.3 to finding only whole words in find and replace?

E.G.
change color to colour
but not Colorado to colourado

Keeping the correct capitalisation would also be good!

theducks · 03-12-2012, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aerosol_grey

Is there a way to limit Sigil 0.5.3 to finding only whole words in find and replace?

E.G.
change color to colour
but not Colorado to colourado

Keeping the correct capitalisation would also be good!

If you include the trailing space in the search and replace (not tested)

([Cc])(olor )

\1olour <trailing space

DiapDealer · 03-12-2012, 09:57 AM

\b([Cc])(olor)(s)?\b

\1olour\3

theducks · 03-12-2012, 10:25 AM

Nice catch

Perkin · 03-12-2012, 12:26 PM

What about
(\b[Cc]olo)(r\b)

replacing with
\1u\2

theducks · 03-12-2012, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perkin

What about
(\b[Cc]olo)(r\b)

replacing with
\1u\2

I was remarking on including the plural but them it should probably also include : colorize,colored, coloring

Perkin · 03-12-2012, 01:56 PM

O.K. then

(\b[Cc]olo)(r|rized?|red|ring|ration)\b

aerosol_grey · 03-13-2012, 05:16 AM

OK so the answer is no simple way! Not sure I can be bothered to construct a regexp for every spelling correction. Hopefully the option to restrict the find/replace to whole words will arrive at some point.

Quote:

(\b[Cc]olo)(r|rized?|red|ring|ration)\b

By the way colorized should become colourised in UK spelling so you might like to make this a little more complex!

DiapDealer · 03-13-2012, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Hopefully the option to restrict the find/replace to whole words will arrive at some point.

I think you misunderstood some of our playfulness. The \b will work to isolate whole words. The functionality you want is already there.

\bcolor\b

Will find "color" but ignore "discoloration." It won't work as precisely for possessive words that have "'s" on them, but the 's can usually be ignored anyway.

aerosol_grey · 03-16-2012, 07:25 AM

I get the playfulness factor in that whenever regexp comes up in the forums people attempt to make the cleverest expression. My point was that from reading the documentation older versions of Sigil had an option to select whole word search in the find and replace window, this window is now gone and apparently so have some of the options. I thought that the options may have been placed somewhere that I had not found... Generally the more you have to type the more likely a mistake is, so I like simple solutions.

theducks · 03-16-2012, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aerosol_grey

I get the playfulness factor in that whenever regexp comes up in the forums people attempt to make the cleverest expression. My point was that from reading the documentation older versions of Sigil had an option to select whole word search in the find and replace window, this window is now gone and apparently so have some of the options. I thought that the options may have been placed somewhere that I had not found... Generally the more you have to type the more likely a mistake is, so I like simple solutions.

The old (non-PCRE) version also did not allow lots of REGEX things to be done.
There is a learning curve

(says he as he still stumbles now and again).
Get a REGEX cheat sheet and keep it handy

03-12-2012, 09:33 AM	#1
aerosol_grey Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony prs-505	Limit find to whole words. Is there a way to limit Sigil 0.5.3 to finding only whole words in find and replace? E.G. change color to colour but not Colorado to colourado Keeping the correct capitalisation would also be good!

03-12-2012, 09:57 AM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,546 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	\b([Cc])(olor)(s)?\b \1olour\3 Last edited by DiapDealer; 03-12-2012 at 10:03 AM.

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aerosol_grey Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony prs-505	I get the playfulness factor in that whenever regexp comes up in the forums people attempt to make the cleverest expression. My point was that from reading the documentation older versions of Sigil had an option to select whole word search in the find and replace window, this window is now gone and apparently so have some of the options. I thought that the options may have been placed somewhere that I had not found... Generally the more you have to type the more likely a mistake is, so I like simple solutions.