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ksimpson1986 · 11-10-2016, 12:36 AM

I feel like this should be cake, but i'm still learning regex...i have 900 greek index words, each having an English translation in parentheses next to it. I need a way to search and replace all words inside the parentheses on the page and italicize them. doing some research, I've found a few suggestions, but nothing that worked for me.

my example:
adikeo (hurt)
needs to be:
adikeo (hurt)

i found the regex code, \(.*?\) this definitely works in finding all the words i need, but i can't figure out the replace code with keeping the english word inside...i feel like (<em>\1</em>) should be working? but it just gives me an italicized "1"...any suggestions?

11-10-2016, 12:36 AM	#1
ksimpson1986 Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: ibooks	regex parenthesis text formatting question! I feel like this should be cake, but i'm still learning regex...i have 900 greek index words, each having an English translation in parentheses next to it. I need a way to search and replace all words inside the parentheses on the page and italicize them. doing some research, I've found a few suggestions, but nothing that worked for me. my example: adikeo (hurt) needs to be: adikeo (hurt) i found the regex code, \(.*?\) this definitely works in finding all the words i need, but i can't figure out the replace code with keeping the english word inside...i feel like (<em>\1</em>) should be working? but it just gives me an italicized "1"...any suggestions?