Regex to remove the first 4 characters

nynaevelan · 07-19-2014, 01:52 PM

Hi:

I did a search but I couldn't find an answer which I understood that will help me to remove the first four characters from a title. Any regex gurus out there willing to help me figure this out?? Pretty please.

theducks · 07-19-2014, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nynaevelan

Hi:

I did a search but I couldn't find an answer which I understood that will help me to remove the first four characters from a title. Any regex gurus out there willing to help me figure this out?? Pretty please.

(\w){4} might do it
The {4} says exactly 4 of the preceeding

chaley · 07-19-2014, 06:26 PM

If you know absolutely that you want to remove the first 4 characters no matter what they are then:

Search: ^....(.*)
Replace: \1

Voila. The search regexp says "Anchored at the beginning, accept 4 of any character, then keep the rest in the first group". The replacement says "replace everything with the first group". The key to make this work is the "^", which says that the regexp *must* start at the beginning of the value.

nynaevelan · 07-19-2014, 06:41 PM

Thank you, that worked perfectly. You guys are the best!!

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07-19-2014, 06:26 PM	#3
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,741 Karma: 6997045 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	If you know absolutely that you want to remove the first 4 characters no matter what they are then: Search: ^....(.) Replace: \1 Voila. The search regexp says "Anchored at the beginning, accept 4 of any character, then keep the rest in the first group". The replacement says "replace everything with the first group". The key to make this work is the "^", which says that the regexp must* start at the beginning of the value.

07-19-2014, 06:41 PM	#4
nynaevelan eBook Junkie Posts: 1,526 Karma: 1464018 Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle Fire 2020, Kindle PW2	Thank you, that worked perfectly. You guys are the best!!

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