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jackie_w · 12-13-2018, 11:27 AM

@RbnJrg,

This is stretching my limited regex lookahead knowledge

The closest I could get (tested in calibre) was something like:

Code:

Find:\b([a-z])\s+(?=(\w\s+\w))
Replace:\1

with case-sensitivity disabled.

I think you'd need to replace them one-by-one not 'Replace All'.

12-13-2018, 11:27 AM	#6
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,252 Karma: 16544692 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	@RbnJrg, This is stretching my limited regex lookahead knowledge The closest I could get (tested in calibre) was something like: Code: Find:\b([a-z])\s+(?=(\w\s+\w)) Replace:\1 with case-sensitivity disabled. I think you'd need to replace them one-by-one not 'Replace All'. Last edited by jackie_w; 12-13-2018 at 11:39 AM.