Deleting sections.

stuart benson

I wish to delete everything not in the []. so from {"start…to },

{“start”:15.95,“end”:18.59,“text”:[“The way you come up like”,“in the defensive line?”]},

What do I need to command?

Terry R

@stuart-benson said in Deleting sections.:

I wish to delete everything not in the []. so from {"start…to }

Firstly your statement doesn’t seem correct given your 1 example line. If you do delete from { to } then you are deleting the very characters you say you want to keep, i.e. the characters within the [ and ] characters.

I’ve decided that what you want is more important than what you want to delete so my solution is as follows.

I think you will find that looking at the problem in reverse it makes it easier to figure out. So instead of saying delete characters not inside the [ and ] characters you can say select/copy everything inside of the [ and ] characters.

So you would use the Mark function with a regular expression search mode using:
Find What:(?-s)\[.+?\]
Click on the “Mark All” which will then highlight all instances. Then use the “Copy Marked Text”. Open a new tab and Ctrl-V to paste the copied text. Problem solved.

If this isn’t what you want then you need to provide better explanation and examples. Please read the post at the top of the Help Wanted section titled “Please Read This Before Posting”.

Terry

Alan Kilborn

@stuart-benson

Definitely see HERE!

guy038

Hello, @stuart-benson, @tery-r, @alan-kilborn and All,

First of all, I suppose that @terry-r, in its post, would have meant :

Find what: (?-s)\\[.+?\\]

This is one oddity, from our forum, to not interpret the square brakets properly :-(

Not very difficult with regexes ! I assume two hypotheses :

There only one zone {...........} per line
Within that zone, there is only one zone [........] per line

If so :

Open the Replace dialog Ctrl + H
Untick all options
SEARCH (?-s)^\{.+(?=\\[)|(?<=\\]).+$ If you want to KEEP the square brackets

OR

SEARCH (?x-s) ^\{.+\\[|\\].+$, if you want to DELETE the square brackets, as well
REPLACE Leave EMPTY
Possibly, tick the Wrap around option
Select the Regular expression search mode
Click on the Replace All button

Best Regards,

guy038

Terry R

@guy038 said in Deleting sections.:

First of all, I suppose that @terry-r, in its post, would have meant :
Find what: (?-s)[.+?]

I did, I did! Darn that posting engine. I thought I had critiqued my post but missed that, sorry @stuart-benson.

Terry

PeterJones

I suppose that @terry-r, in its post, would have meant

Darn that posting engine

That’s one of the reasons why I recommend using \x5B and \x5D when doing regexes for literal brackets: it works better in the forum, and it makes it more obvious that it’s searching for a particular character rather than trying to create a regex character class.

stuart benson

Hi all,

Thank you very much for you reply.
I am sorry I did not put everything up.

For some reason, everything is on one line, so after trying what @guy038 suggested (thank you), it didn’t work.

The goal is the keep everything in the square brackets (excluding the "). I do not need anything else, except the text in the square brackets. I do not even need the square brackets.
Again, thank you very much for all your help.
As the line is VERY long, this is a portion of it. Again, I am not sure why it it all on one line when put into Notepad:

{“start”:5.76,“end”:6.26,“text”:[“Hi, team.”]},{“start”:6.26,“end”:8.81,“text”:[“We’re looking at”,“our rush defense.”]},{“start”:8.81,“end”:11.51,“text”:[“Today’s session is going to”,“look at our outside alignment,”]},{“start”:11.51,“end”:13.7,“text”:[“and why that’s important”,“for a rush defense.”]},{“start”:13.7,“end”:15.95,“text”:[“OK team, what is an”,“outside alignment?”]},{“start”:15.95,“end”:18.59,“text”:[“The way you come up like”,“in the defensive line?”]},{“start”:18.59,“end”:20.81,“text”:[“How does it relate”,“to an opposition?”]},{“start”:20.81,“end”:23.84,“text”:[“Stand up on the far shoulder”,“from where the ball is.”]},{“start”:23.84,“end”:25.627,“text”:[“Most teams that”,“do a rush defense”]},{“start”:25.627,“end”:27.71,“text”:[“start on that outside”,“shoulder, why do you reckon?”]},{“start”:27.71,“end”:29.485,“text”:[“I think it requires”,“a lot of skill”]},{“start”:29.485,“end”:30.86,“text”:[“from the player”,“catching the ball”]},{“start”:30.86,“end”:32.619,“text”:[“to know what’s”,“going on that side”]},{“start”:32.619,“end”:33.96,“text”:[“if the ball is coming this way.”]},{“start”:33.96,“end”:36.59,“text”:[“So probably that’s why”,“it’s important to step”]},{“start”:36.59,“end”:38.48,“text”:[“on the far shoulder.”]},{“start”:38.48,“end”:40.1,“text”:[“Yeah, I like that.”]},{“start”:40.1,“end”:43.31,“text”:[“it makes that attacker”,“have to use far more skill.”]},{“start”:43.31,“end”:44.33,“text”:[“OK, men.”]},{“start”:44.33,“end”:46.16,“text”:[“So let’s just presume”,“I’m the attacker.”]},{“start”:46.16,“end”:49.31,“text”:[“We’ve got defender”,“1 and defender 2.”]},{“start”:49.31,“end”:51.74,“text”:[“So who’s your man, here?”]},{“start”:51.74,“end”:52.62,“text”:[“Who’s your man, Jay?”]},

guy038

Hi, @stuart-benson, @terry-r, @alan-kilborn, @peterjones and All,

OK, I see… So, the best option is to use the @terry-r method, as there are several zones [.........] : per line :

Open the Mark dialog ( Ctrl + M )
Uncheck all box options
SEARCH (?-s)(?<=\x5B").*?(?="\x5D) if you use regular quotes "

OR

SEARCH (?-s)(?<=\x5B“).*?(?=”\x5D) if you use smart quotes “ and ”
Check the Purge for each search and Wrap around options
Select the Regular expression search mode
Click on the Mark All button
Click on the Copy Marked Text button
Open a new tab ( Ctrl + N )
Paste the clipboard’s contents ( Ctrl + V )

Voila !

You’ll get the expected text :

Hi, team.
We’re looking at”,“our rush defense.
Today’s session is going to”,“look at our outside alignment,
and why that’s important”,“for a rush defense.
OK team, what is an”,“outside alignment?
The way you come up like”,“in the defensive line?
How does it relate”,“to an opposition?
Stand up on the far shoulder”,“from where the ball is.
Most teams that”,“do a rush defense
start on that outside”,“shoulder, why do you reckon?
I think it requires”,“a lot of skill
from the player”,“catching the ball
to know what’s”,“going on that side
if the ball is coming this way.
So probably that’s why”,“it’s important to step
on the far shoulder.
Yeah, I like that.
it makes that attacker”,“have to use far more skill.
OK, men.
So let’s just presume”,“I’m the attacker.
We’ve got defender”,“1 and defender 2.
So who’s your man, here?
Who’s your man, Jay?

If your prefer join all these different lines into one line only :

Select all these resulting lines ( Ctrl + A )
Edit > Line Operations > Join Lines ( Ctrl + J )

Cheers,

guy038