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ElMiko · 05-17-2025, 07:30 AM

@Turtle91 - I never cried as a child, and I started reciting sonnets in the natal ward.

Unfortunately, this syntax doesn't work either. As with my attempt, the element that breaks it is the quantifier "+"—basically, the bit of the search that is supposed to be making it indefinite in length!

The problem I'm trying to solve is that the OCR misread many commas as periods, resulting in text like:

Code:

He turned as Charles said. “Howdy!"

However, if I just search for "said\. “", I'll get false positives such as

Code:

“Let's go,”  Charles said. “I think I'm done here.”

Hence the structure of my search and the negative lookbehind.

05-17-2025, 07:30 AM	#3
ElMiko Addict Posts: 397 Karma: 65460 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	@Turtle91 - I never cried as a child, and I started reciting sonnets in the natal ward. Unfortunately, this syntax doesn't work either. As with my attempt, the element that breaks it is the quantifier "+"—basically, the bit of the search that is supposed to be making it indefinite in length! The problem I'm trying to solve is that the OCR misread many commas as periods, resulting in text like: Code: He turned as Charles said. “Howdy!" However, if I just search for "said\. “", I'll get false positives such as Code: “Let's go,” Charles said. “I think I'm done here.” Hence the structure of my search and the negative lookbehind.