Help with Search Please

dearleuk · 07-14-2024, 07:04 AM

Long time since I posted here

Has anyone got some Regex/search that will find punctuation that hasn't got a space after

EG

‘Oh, I don’t know,’Jessie groaned

Missing space after ’ or before Jessie

What I want to find is ,’

Not followed by a space

Quite a few of them and not just speechmarks but question marls, exclamation marks. Really hard to spot

I'm using Sigil

Thank you

BetterRed · 07-14-2024, 07:24 AM

thanks

BR

DiapDealer · 07-14-2024, 07:55 AM

\p{P}[^ ]

Or

\p{P}(?!\p{Zs})

The latter should work for any kind of space character.

Turtle91 · 07-14-2024, 07:59 AM

You can use a negative look ahead

Here is a PCRE regex cheatsheat that may help.

So a find of a punctuation symbol [:punct:] followed by the negative lookahead (?! ) should find punctuation not followed by a space. Unfortunately, it would also find any punctuation with no following space at the beginning of the word…. So you might want to add a negative look behind to make sure there is no preceding space as well (?<! )

Find: (?<! )([:punct:]+?)(?! )
Replace: ‘\1 ‘ (a space after the 1 with no quotes)

Warning: I reserve the right to be wrong. I haven’t tested this and am writing from my phone in a post-surgery drug-induced euphoria…:eek: TEST THOUROUGHLY and save often. Sigil has some awesome new features that can help with making save points and seeing what changes will be made before you commit.

Also, I’m quite sure there are other ways of doing this; maybe even more elegant.

Turtle91 · 07-14-2024, 08:00 AM

Dang it! Ninja’d TWICE!

Turtle91 · 07-14-2024, 08:09 AM

And that should read (:punct:)

Turtle91 · 07-14-2024, 08:30 AM

Another warning…. Did I mention I’m loopy??…. This will also match words with contractions (eg I’m they’re we’ve) so you may want to dumb it down and just look for the specific occurrences one type at a time.

Code:

Find: ,’(?! )
Replace: ,’    (With a following space)

dearleuk · 07-14-2024, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turtle91

Another warning…. Did I mention I’m loopy??…. This will also match words with contractions (eg I’m they’re we’ve) so you may want to dumb it down and just look for the specific occurrences one type at a time.

Code:

Find: ,’(?! )
Replace: ,’    (With a following space)

That did the trick, thank you both

Get well soon Turtle91

07-14-2024, 07:04 AM	#1
dearleuk Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: sony	Help with Search Please Long time since I posted here Has anyone got some Regex/search that will find punctuation that hasn't got a space after EG ‘Oh, I don’t know,’Jessie groaned Missing space after ’ or before Jessie What I want to find is ,’ Not followed by a space Quite a few of them and not just speechmarks but question marls, exclamation marks. Really hard to spot I'm using Sigil Thank you

07-14-2024, 07:59 AM	#4
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,397 Karma: 20212733 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	You can use a negative look ahead Here is a PCRE regex cheatsheat that may help. So a find of a punctuation symbol [:punct:] followed by the negative lookahead (?! ) should find punctuation not followed by a space. Unfortunately, it would also find any punctuation with no following space at the beginning of the word…. So you might want to add a negative look behind to make sure there is no preceding space as well (?<! ) Find: (?<! )([:punct:]+?)(?! ) Replace: ‘\1 ‘ (a space after the 1 with no quotes) Warning: I reserve the right to be wrong. I haven’t tested this and am writing from my phone in a post-surgery drug-induced euphoria…:eek: TEST THOUROUGHLY and save often. Sigil has some awesome new features that can help with making save points and seeing what changes will be made before you commit. Also, I’m quite sure there are other ways of doing this; maybe even more elegant. Last edited by theducks; 07-14-2024 at 03:00 PM. Reason: turned off smilies

07-14-2024, 08:09 AM	#6
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,397 Karma: 20212733 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	And that should read (:punct:) Last edited by Turtle91; 07-14-2024 at 08:14 AM.

07-14-2024, 08:30 AM	#7
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,397 Karma: 20212733 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	Another warning…. Did I mention I’m loopy??…. This will also match words with contractions (eg I’m they’re we’ve) so you may want to dumb it down and just look for the specific occurrences one type at a time. Code: Find: ,’(?! ) Replace: ,’ (With a following space)

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BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,018 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	thanks BR

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DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,891 Karma: 207182180 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	\p{P}[^ ] Or \p{P}(?!\p{Zs}) The latter should work for any kind of space character.

07-14-2024, 08:00 AM	#5
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,397 Karma: 20212733 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	Dang it! Ninja’d TWICE!