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macnab69 · 05-20-2013, 01:20 AM

Want to change xxx xxxx, The to The xxx xxxx.

In the replace section, how do I specify at the beginning of the line?

Python reference speaks of ^ and \B, but how do I use them to stop them being appended to the end of the line?

If I make the replace regex \BThe or \B The it just appends at the end of the line. Somehow I am missing telling it: This is an escape sequence, not normal characters.

I always thought that if you want a \ you needed to use \\.

05-20-2013, 01:20 AM	#1
macnab69 Zealot Posts: 129 Karma: 5754 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South Africa Device: Kindle 4	Regex to insert word at beginning of a line Want to change xxx xxxx, The to The xxx xxxx. In the replace section, how do I specify at the beginning of the line? Python reference speaks of ^ and \B, but how do I use them to stop them being appended to the end of the line? If I make the replace regex \BThe or \B The it just appends at the end of the line. Somehow I am missing telling it: This is an escape sequence, not normal characters. I always thought that if you want a \ you needed to use \\.