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MizSuz · 12-15-2013, 02:54 PM

Greetings!

I've got an epub that started life as a pdf, I think. It has, with some frequency, occurrences in which a period appears where a comma should be. Aside from being able to tell contextually there is the added bonus that the first letter of the next "sentence" is in lower case.

I have identified that I can search for these instances using

Code:

[.] [a-z]

and it works wonderfully by selecting the period, the space, and the first letter of the next sentence if it is lower case.

However, if I try to use

Code:

[,] [a-z]

to replace the period with a comma I end up with the entire string where the period, space, and letter used to be.

What am I doing wrong, specifically? Obviously my regex sucks, I'm just not sure how to fix it.

12-15-2013, 02:54 PM	#1
MizSuz Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Sony Touch, Nook Simple Touch, Kobo Aura, Android w/CoolReader	Replacing Periods with Commas Greetings! I've got an epub that started life as a pdf, I think. It has, with some frequency, occurrences in which a period appears where a comma should be. Aside from being able to tell contextually there is the added bonus that the first letter of the next "sentence" is in lower case. I have identified that I can search for these instances using Code: [.] [a-z] and it works wonderfully by selecting the period, the space, and the first letter of the next sentence if it is lower case. However, if I try to use Code: [,] [a-z] to replace the period with a comma I end up with the entire string where the period, space, and letter used to be. What am I doing wrong, specifically? Obviously my regex sucks, I'm just not sure how to fix it.