Issue with RegEx

DarkRookie2 · 10-29-2024, 05:44 PM

I am trying to use RegEx to replace some things.

I have a lot of Page # and Page ## in the book.

I have used https://regexr.com/ and https://regex101.com/ to make figure out what I needed.

It turns out to be

Code:

(Page \d+)

But when I paste it into Sigil, it doesn't find any. I have made sure I have All HTML Files selected. And I did it on Current File on a few different HTMLs but it isn't picking up any of them.

Not sure what I am doing wrong.

KevinH · 10-29-2024, 05:45 PM

Have you set Sigil's FindReplace to Regex Mode not normal mode? See the menu pulldown in the lower left of the Find and Replace screen.

Could there be a tag you forgot to include between the Page and number.

Doitsu · 10-29-2024, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkRookie2

Not sure what I am doing wrong.

There might be several spaces between Page and the number. Try:

Code:

(Page\s+\d+)

DarkRookie2 · 10-29-2024, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doitsu

There might be several spaces between Page and the number. Try:

Code:

(Page\s+\d+)

This did it. Weird. I copied and pasted a few from code view into the testers to check with.

10-29-2024, 05:44 PM	#1
DarkRookie2 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: None	Issue with RegEx I am trying to use RegEx to replace some things. I have a lot of Page # and Page ## in the book. I have used https://regexr.com/ and https://regex101.com/ to make figure out what I needed. It turns out to be Code: (Page \d+) But when I paste it into Sigil, it doesn't find any. I have made sure I have All HTML Files selected. And I did it on Current File on a few different HTMLs but it isn't picking up any of them. Not sure what I am doing wrong.

10-29-2024, 05:45 PM	#2
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,437 Karma: 5702578 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Have you set Sigil's FindReplace to Regex Mode not normal mode? See the menu pulldown in the lower left of the Find and Replace screen. Could there be a tag you forgot to include between the Page and number. Last edited by KevinH; 10-29-2024 at 06:17 PM.

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