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Deina97 · 11-19-2022, 08:07 PM

I'm a bit anal. I like to have all my css rules zero filled, so instead of "calibre1", I like "calibre01". And I know just enough Regex to be dangerous.

When I was just doing the rules starting with "calibre" all was fine, I simply used

Code:

Find:
   calibre([1-9])(\D)

Replace:
   calibre0\1\2

and all was copacetic.

Then I decided to get fancy and additionally find "MsoNormal", so that gave me

Code:

Find:
   (calibre|MsoNormal)([1-9])(\D)

which worked a treat to find what I wanted. The problem came with the replace.

I tried using:

Code:

Replace:
   \10\2\3

That gave me a "IndexError: no such group", because it thought I wanted to insert group \10, instead of \1.

I tried putting a space in "\1 0", but that didn't work because it put a space in my output.

How do I solve this, please?

11-19-2022, 08:07 PM	#1
Deina97 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Samsung Note	Regex replacement group before digit I'm a bit anal. I like to have all my css rules zero filled, so instead of "calibre1", I like "calibre01". And I know just enough Regex to be dangerous. When I was just doing the rules starting with "calibre" all was fine, I simply used Code: Find: calibre([1-9])(\D) Replace: calibre0\1\2 and all was copacetic. Then I decided to get fancy and additionally find "MsoNormal", so that gave me Code: Find: (calibre\|MsoNormal)([1-9])(\D) which worked a treat to find what I wanted. The problem came with the replace. I tried using: Code: Replace: \10\2\3 That gave me a "IndexError: no such group", because it thought I wanted to insert group \10, instead of \1. I tried putting a space in "\1 0", but that didn't work because it put a space in my output. How do I solve this, please?