Search colon mark without space - Page 2

theducks · 02-12-2020, 10:32 AM

'Im Far from being an expert.
If to want to split and insert., You need a capture for ALL the pieces so yo keep them. (There are more complicated non-capture ways. this works for me)

(.+?)\:(.+?) <<remove existing colon
\1 \2: <<place something at the end

Want to discard part 1? just don't place it back

\2:

Pachuqismo · 02-13-2020, 10:03 AM

The removal of the existing colon, as you suggested, and replacing with what I prefer (space on both sides of the colon) worked.

To spell it out for anyone else interested, see the attached screen capture.

However, any existing

Title : Subtitle will get an additional space before the colon and becomes

Title__: Subtitle

(I use underscore since two spaces will get weeded to one by this editor)

The solution would be to first do a run converting any existing Title_:_Subtitle to Title:_Subtitle and then convert all to the desired outcome.

Many thanks theducks for the efforts !!!

davidfor · 02-13-2020, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pachuqismo

The removal of the existing colon, as you suggested, and replacing with what I prefer (space on both sides of the colon) worked.

To spell it out for anyone else interested, see the attached screen capture.

However, any existing

Title : Subtitle will get an additional space before the colon and becomes

Title__: Subtitle

(I use underscore since two spaces will get weeded to one by this editor)

The solution would be to first do a run converting any existing Title_:_Subtitle to Title:_Subtitle and then convert all to the desired outcome.

The the following will do what you want:

Code:

(.*?)\s*\:\s*(.*?)

And the replace is simply:

Code:

\1 : \2

If there are multiple spaces around the colon, it will remove all except one, but,

And, I missed what you wanted to do as you posted on a thread about a completely different topic. The thread is about working in the editor. You are using the metadata search and replace. While regex is common in both places, the regex needed to change the title is a lot simpler than that needed in the editor.

Pachuqismo · 02-14-2020, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

The the following will do what you want:

Code:

(.*?)\s*\:\s*(.*?)

And the replace is simply:

Code:

\1 : \2

This is very elegant - many thanks for that!

Quote:

And, I missed what you wanted to do as you posted on a thread about a completely different topic.

As mentioned, same as reinsley posted in #1

Quote:

The thread is about working in the editor

Sorry, I missed that.

Cheers!

02-13-2020, 10:03 AM	#17
Pachuqismo Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: SM-T820, Galaxy S7	The removal of the existing colon, as you suggested, and replacing with what I prefer (space on both sides of the colon) worked. To spell it out for anyone else interested, see the attached screen capture. However, any existing Title : Subtitle will get an additional space before the colon and becomes Title__: Subtitle (I use underscore since two spaces will get weeded to one by this editor) The solution would be to first do a run converting any existing Title_:_Subtitle to Title:_Subtitle and then convert all to the desired outcome. Many thanks theducks for the efforts !!! Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Pachuqismo; 02-13-2020 at 10:31 AM.

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02-12-2020, 10:32 AM	#16
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,079 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	'Im Far from being an expert. If to want to split and insert., You need a capture for ALL the pieces so yo keep them. (There are more complicated non-capture ways. this works for me) (.+?)\:(.+?) <<remove existing colon \1 \2: <<place something at the end Want to discard part 1? just don't place it back \2:

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