^[a-z] returns nothing

[alansplace]

i've run into a document that is full of broken paragraphs. in order to repair this problem i've tried to search for new paragraphs that begin with a lower case character, but have had no success as the regex expression ^[a-z] returns nothing.

[st_albert]

You're not trying it in book view, are you?

You need to do it in code view, and with a different regex, more like

>[a-z]

for starters. But search the forums for this topic -- I seem to recall a lot of discussion about what the perfect regex would be.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by st_albert

You're not trying it in book view, are you?

You need to do it in code view, and with a different regex, more like

>[a-z]

for starters. But search the forums for this topic -- I seem to recall a lot of discussion about what the perfect regex would be.

yes i was, i never even considered code view! yes, that works just splendidly. i thank you for sharing your insight.

[crutledge]

Originally Posted by alansplace

i've run into a document that is full of broken paragraphs. in order to repair this problem i've tried to search for new paragraphs that begin with a lower case character, but have had no success as the regex expression ^[a-z] returns nothing.

This works for me in epp.

Find: ([^.”:?'!>—’)])</p>\s+<p>

Replace: \1 space

I search for paragraphs that do not end with a proper terminal followed by crlfs and a new paragraph.

<p>Now is the time</p>
<p>for all good men to come.</p>

becomes

<p>Now is the time for all good men to come.</p>

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by crutledge

This works for me in epp.

Find: ([^.”:?'!>—’)])</p>\s+<p>

Replace: \1 space

I search for paragraphs that do not end with a proper terminal followed by crlfs and a new paragraph.

<p>Now is the time</p>
<p>for all good men to come.</p>

becomes

<p>Now is the time for all good men to come.</p>

i don't grok 'epp', but that code did not find the broken paragraph in sigil code view. but then the code is more complex than just <p>text</p> and i' a rank beginner at regex and html.

here's a common example:

rusting</p>

<p class="calibre7">away.

[user_none]

Originally Posted by alansplace

rusting</p>

<p class="calibre7">away.

([^.”:?'!>—’)])</p>\s+<p[^>]*>

[theducks]

Remember Case Sensitive setting (me recently forgot )

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by user_none

([^.”:?'!>—’)])</p>\s+<p[^>]*>

cool,

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by theducks

Remember Case Sensitive setting (me recently forgot )

i take it you mean the match case check-box. yeah, that's checked.

i'm slowly learning how to use regex. i started with pablo's pdf intro and haven't found much else except for googling................how do you spell that? specific problems.

[Jabby]

Hi Alan,

Any chance you could upload the file in question? I'm new to regex as well and would like to follow along and see what I could lean.

Regards - John

[crutledge]

Originally Posted by user_none

([^.”:?'!>—’)])</p>\s+<p[^>]*>

Good adjustment.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by user_none

([^.”:?'!>—’)])</p>\s+<p[^>]*>

Originally Posted by alansplace

cool,

well, that file is fixed, it had over 400 broken paragraphs.
again!

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by Jabby

Hi Alan,

Any chance you could upload the file in question? I'm new to regex as well and would like to follow along and see what I could lean.

Regards - John

sorry, that file no longer exists. i'm sure you can find/create a file to practice on though.

[user_none]

Originally Posted by alansplace

sorry, that file no longer exists. i'm sure you can find/create a file to practice on though.

Do a PDF input conversation with calibre and set the line unwrapping factor to 1.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by user_none

Do a PDF input conversation with calibre and set the line unwrapping factor to 1.

on my practice file your code string finds non-broken paragraphs. so i'll ask this. is there a document along the lines of pablo's quick and dirty epub tutorial that covers creating regex search & replace stuff?