Regex replacement group before digit

Deina97 · 11-19-2022, 08:07 PM

I'm a bit anal. I like to have all my css rules zero filled, so instead of "calibre1", I like "calibre01". And I know just enough Regex to be dangerous.

When I was just doing the rules starting with "calibre" all was fine, I simply used

Code:

Find:
   calibre([1-9])(\D)

Replace:
   calibre0\1\2

and all was copacetic.

Then I decided to get fancy and additionally find "MsoNormal", so that gave me

Code:

Find:
   (calibre|MsoNormal)([1-9])(\D)

which worked a treat to find what I wanted. The problem came with the replace.

I tried using:

Code:

Replace:
   \10\2\3

That gave me a "IndexError: no such group", because it thought I wanted to insert group \10, instead of \1.

I tried putting a space in "\1 0", but that didn't work because it put a space in my output.

How do I solve this, please?

Sarmat89 · 11-19-2022, 10:38 PM

Try

Code:

\1\x30 ...

Deina97 · 11-20-2022, 05:01 PM

Thank you!

That worked finest kind!

11-19-2022, 08:07 PM	#1
Deina97 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Samsung Note	Regex replacement group before digit I'm a bit anal. I like to have all my css rules zero filled, so instead of "calibre1", I like "calibre01". And I know just enough Regex to be dangerous. When I was just doing the rules starting with "calibre" all was fine, I simply used Code: Find: calibre([1-9])(\D) Replace: calibre0\1\2 and all was copacetic. Then I decided to get fancy and additionally find "MsoNormal", so that gave me Code: Find: (calibre\|MsoNormal)([1-9])(\D) which worked a treat to find what I wanted. The problem came with the replace. I tried using: Code: Replace: \10\2\3 That gave me a "IndexError: no such group", because it thought I wanted to insert group \10, instead of \1. I tried putting a space in "\1 0", but that didn't work because it put a space in my output. How do I solve this, please?

11-19-2022, 10:38 PM	#2
Sarmat89 Evangelist Posts: 482 Karma: 2267928 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: none	Try Code: \1\x30 ...

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11-20-2022, 05:01 PM	#3
Deina97 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Samsung Note	Thank you! That worked finest kind!

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