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[Gunnerp245]

I have a book with 25 chapters where the 'Chapter' is in the same font size as the rest of the text; It looks like this;
<p class="calibre2"> CHAPTER ## </p>, where ## is the number 1 to 25.

I have devised the following which finds all the chapter entries;
<p class="calibre2">\sCHAPTER\s*\d*\s</p>

I would like to replace it with something similar to;
<h2 class="calibre3">CHAPTER ## </h2>, where ## is the number 1 to 25.

But am unable to devise the correct sequence to save the ## from the search function and insert into the replace function. I read about back referencing including viewing "An introduction to regular expressions" and "Using the Search & Replace feature" without success.

[JustForFun]

Use

<p class="calibre2">\sCHAPTER\s*(\d*)\s</p>

for search and

<h2 class="calibre3">CHAPTER \1</h2>

for replace.

If you need more than one part of the searched text, surround each needed part with parentheses. In the replacement, use backslash and number where the number is the result of numbering the parentheses from left to right, starting with one.

[Gunnerp245]

@JustForFun

<h2 class="calibre3">CHAPTER \1</h2>

Works like a champ. I could have sworn I tried that sequence.

If I had left a space after the \1 would it have matter?

Assistance much appreciated!

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Gunnerp245

@JustForFun



Works like a champ. I could have sworn I tried that sequence.

If I had left a space after the \1 would it have matter?

Assistance much appreciated!

any space in the replace, just get inserted. In this case, you would not see the difference.
Chapter \1: \2
Where the \2 represents the sub-title match

results ex.
Chapter 2: The next Step

[ldolse]

On a side note - the heuristics detect chapters feature should do this for you automatically.

[Gunnerp245]

Thanks all.