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Tex2002ans · 08-02-2013, 10:53 PM

There is also this regex that I use, but be warned again, this will find (nearly) every single hyphen... and takes forever to click through the entire book one by one.

This is why I initially recommended the Sigil Spellcheck method.

Search:

Code:

([A-Za-z])-([A-Za-z])

Replace:

Code:

\1—\2

This will work on hyphens like in my Case #3 above.

And again, I like to stress... SAMPLES SAMPLES SAMPLES. They really help everyone figure out what you mean, and allows us to help better.

As a side note, I use a variation of this regex to handle adding en dashes between years/page numbers:

Search:

Code:

([0-9])-([0-9])

Replace:

Code:

\1–\2

08-02-2013, 10:53 PM	#12
Tex2002ans Wizard Posts: 2,306 Karma: 13057279 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Forma, Nook	There is also this regex that I use, but be warned again, this will find (nearly) every single hyphen... and takes forever to click through the entire book one by one. This is why I initially recommended the Sigil Spellcheck method. Search: Code: ([A-Za-z])-([A-Za-z]) Replace: Code: \1—\2 This will work on hyphens like in my Case #3 above. And again, I like to stress... SAMPLES SAMPLES SAMPLES. They really help everyone figure out what you mean, and allows us to help better. As a side note, I use a variation of this regex to handle adding en dashes between years/page numbers: Search: Code: ([0-9])-([0-9]) Replace: Code: \1–\2 Last edited by Tex2002ans; 08-02-2013 at 10:58 PM.