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eschwartz · 08-07-2015, 01:17 AM

On second thought, I am not sure what I thought you were thinking.

Also, that will teach me to make assumptions.

Experimented a bit, and it looks like replacements are applied to the original string, which is then passed to the destination field. Also, you're right -- each value is treated separately.

So what you really want is to delete the non-editors, which I believe requires a negative lookaround.

08-07-2015, 01:17 AM	#6
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	On second thought, I am not sure what I thought you were thinking. Also, that will teach me to make assumptions. Experimented a bit, and it looks like replacements are applied to the original string, which is then passed to the destination field. Also, you're right -- each value is treated separately. So what you really want is to delete the non-editors, which I believe requires a negative lookaround. Last edited by eschwartz; 08-07-2015 at 01:55 AM. Reason: reversed track, followed by rewording