Thread: Why does string (UK) appear twice? (Search&Replace)
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Old 11-16-2023, 05:41 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by crnirg View Post
Why does UK appear twice?

Search mode: Regular...
Search field: author
Search for: (.*)
Replace with: UK
Destination field: authors
Mode: Append ti field
check - Split result
check - Case sensitive
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author before : Juli Zeh
author after: Juli Zeh & UKUK
I tried your sample on Regex101.com with Python as the regex variant. See the two screen shots attached. The * matches zero or more characters and returns 2 matches while the + matches 1 or more and returns 1 match.
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