RegEx Help with Backreference I think
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Hello, @robert-or-janet-diebel and All,
Here is my solution which uses
3
consecutive regex replacements. Just follow the road map below !
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Open your INPUT text in a new
N++
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Add a line
Chapter 99
at the very end of your file
Thus, we start with this INPUT text :
Chapter 1 Chapter 1:1 Kukuputuka Lizu apwilengako, kah Chapter 1:2 Ikiye apwilenga naKalunga kukupu Chapter 1:3 Vyosena vavitengelele muli Ikiye Chapter 1:4 Muli Ikiye mwapwile Mwono, kaha Chapter 1:5 Musana kana wamunyika mumilima, Chapter 1:6 Kwapwile mutu vatumine kufuma ku Chapter 1:7 Ikiye ejile apwenga chinjiho wak Chapter 1:8 Ikiye kapwile Uze Musanako, oloz Chapter 1:9 Musana wamuchano apwile nakwiza Chapter 1:10 Apwile hakaye, kaha kaye vakaten Chapter 1:11 Ejile kuvyenyi, kaha vaze venyi Chapter 1:12 Oloze veshovo vamutambwile, vaze Chapter 1:13 vaze vene vásemuwile, keshi kuma Chapter 1:14 Jino Lizu alilingishile Ivene ku Chapter 2 \v 1 Halikumbi lyamuchitatu kwapwile chil \v 2 Yesu nawa vamusanyikile natumbaji tw \v 3 Omu vinyo yahwile, naye alwezele Yes \v 4 Kaha Yesu amwambile ngwenyi, Ove mam \v 5 Naye alwezele vangamba ngwenyi, Ches \v 6 Jino kuze kwapwile milondo yamalolwa \v 7 Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Zalisenu milo \v 8 Avambile ngwenyi, Switenumo jino mum \v 9 Aze meya álumukile kupwa vinyo, omu \v 10 nakumwamba ngwenyi, Vatu vosena veji \v 11 Echi alingile Yesu kuKana, limbo lya \v 12 Kufuma haze, ashikumukile kuKapelena \v 13 Chiwanyino chaKuzomboka chavaYuleya \v 14 Kaha muTembele, awanyine vaze vapwil \v 15 Kaha anyotele chikote chajingoji nak Chapter 3 \v 1 Jino kwapwile mutu wamuli vaFwaliseu \v 2 Ikiye ejile kuli Yesu naufuku nakwam \v 3 Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha \v 4 Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Mutu \v 5 Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha \v 6 Ocho chakusemuwa kumujimba wanyama c \v 7 Kanda ulikomokela omu ngwakwambanga \v 8 Peho yeji kuhuhwanga kweshokwo nayis \v 9 Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Vyum \v 10 Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Ove umuk \v 11 Mwamuchano vene nangukulweza ngwami, \v 12 Omu ngunamilweze vyahamavu, kamwafwe \v 13 Naumwe aya lyehi mwilu wauchi, shina \v 14 Kaha ngana muze azezwile Mose uze li \v 15 mangana wose mwamufwelela, apwenga n ... ... ... Chapter 20 \v 1 Jino halikumbi lyatete muchalumingo, \v 2 Shikaho alahile nakuya kuli vaShimon \v 3 Kaha Petulu alovokele nauze kambaji \v 4 Vosena vavali vapwile nakulahila ham \v 5 Kaha hakunongama nakutalamo, amwene \v 6 Kaha Shimona Petulu amukavile nakuhe \v 7 nalilesu lize lyapwile kumutwe wenyi \v 8 Haze vene nauze kambaji mukwavo áliv \v 9 Mwomwo haze, Mazu-vasoneka-ajila kan \v 10 Kaha vaze tumbaji vahilukile kuze va \v 11 Oloze Maliya emanyine haweluka wachi \v 12 Kaha amwene vangelo vavali vanavwale \v 13 Kaha vakiko vamuhulishile ngwavo, Ov \v 14 Omu áhanjikile ngocho, alumukile kah \v 15 Yesu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Ove pwevo Chapter 21 \v 1 Kufuma haze, Yesu alisolwele cheka k \v 2 omu vapwile hamwe, Shimona Petulu na \v 3 Shimona Petulu avambile ngwenyi, Nan \v 4 Jino muze zwalala, Yesu emanyine kun \v 5 Kaha Yesu avahulishile ngwenyi, Enu \v 6 Avambile ngwenyi, Fuchilenu kusali y \v 7 Kaha uze kambaji vazangile kuli Yesu \v 8 Vaze vakwavo tumbaji vejile muwato o \v 9 Kaha omu vakandukile hatunda, vamwen \v 10 Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Nehenuko vais \v 11 Shikaho Shimona Petulu engilile muwa \v 12 Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Twayenu mulya \v 13 Yesu ejile, anonele yize mbolo nakuv \v 14 Aka kakiko jino kamuchitatu Yesu ali \v 15 Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli Chapter 99
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Place the cursor/caret at the beginning of the line
Chapter 2
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Open the Replace dialog
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Uncheck all box options
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FIND
(?s-i)^(Chapter \d+\R)(.+?)(?=Chapter \d+$)
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REPLACE
$1$2$1
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Click once on the
Replace All
button
This replacement adds the title of each chapter right after its contents and we get this temporary OUTPUT :
Chapter 1 Chapter 1:1 Kukuputuka Lizu apwilengako, kah Chapter 1:2 Ikiye apwilenga naKalunga kukupu Chapter 1:3 Vyosena vavitengelele muli Ikiye Chapter 1:4 Muli Ikiye mwapwile Mwono, kaha Chapter 1:5 Musana kana wamunyika mumilima, Chapter 1:6 Kwapwile mutu vatumine kufuma ku Chapter 1:7 Ikiye ejile apwenga chinjiho wak Chapter 1:8 Ikiye kapwile Uze Musanako, oloz Chapter 1:9 Musana wamuchano apwile nakwiza Chapter 1:10 Apwile hakaye, kaha kaye vakaten Chapter 1:11 Ejile kuvyenyi, kaha vaze venyi Chapter 1:12 Oloze veshovo vamutambwile, vaze Chapter 1:13 vaze vene vásemuwile, keshi kuma Chapter 1:14 Jino Lizu alilingishile Ivene ku Chapter 2 \v 1 Halikumbi lyamuchitatu kwapwile chil \v 2 Yesu nawa vamusanyikile natumbaji tw \v 3 Omu vinyo yahwile, naye alwezele Yes \v 4 Kaha Yesu amwambile ngwenyi, Ove mam \v 5 Naye alwezele vangamba ngwenyi, Ches \v 6 Jino kuze kwapwile milondo yamalolwa \v 7 Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Zalisenu milo \v 8 Avambile ngwenyi, Switenumo jino mum \v 9 Aze meya álumukile kupwa vinyo, omu \v 10 nakumwamba ngwenyi, Vatu vosena veji \v 11 Echi alingile Yesu kuKana, limbo lya \v 12 Kufuma haze, ashikumukile kuKapelena \v 13 Chiwanyino chaKuzomboka chavaYuleya \v 14 Kaha muTembele, awanyine vaze vapwil \v 15 Kaha anyotele chikote chajingoji nak Chapter 2 Chapter 3 \v 1 Jino kwapwile mutu wamuli vaFwaliseu \v 2 Ikiye ejile kuli Yesu naufuku nakwam \v 3 Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha \v 4 Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Mutu \v 5 Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha \v 6 Ocho chakusemuwa kumujimba wanyama c \v 7 Kanda ulikomokela omu ngwakwambanga \v 8 Peho yeji kuhuhwanga kweshokwo nayis \v 9 Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Vyum \v 10 Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Ove umuk \v 11 Mwamuchano vene nangukulweza ngwami, \v 12 Omu ngunamilweze vyahamavu, kamwafwe \v 13 Naumwe aya lyehi mwilu wauchi, shina \v 14 Kaha ngana muze azezwile Mose uze li \v 15 mangana wose mwamufwelela, apwenga n Chapter 3 ... ... ... Chapter 20 \v 1 Jino halikumbi lyatete muchalumingo, \v 2 Shikaho alahile nakuya kuli vaShimon \v 3 Kaha Petulu alovokele nauze kambaji \v 4 Vosena vavali vapwile nakulahila ham \v 5 Kaha hakunongama nakutalamo, amwene \v 6 Kaha Shimona Petulu amukavile nakuhe \v 7 nalilesu lize lyapwile kumutwe wenyi \v 8 Haze vene nauze kambaji mukwavo áliv \v 9 Mwomwo haze, Mazu-vasoneka-ajila kan \v 10 Kaha vaze tumbaji vahilukile kuze va \v 11 Oloze Maliya emanyine haweluka wachi \v 12 Kaha amwene vangelo vavali vanavwale \v 13 Kaha vakiko vamuhulishile ngwavo, Ov \v 14 Omu áhanjikile ngocho, alumukile kah \v 15 Yesu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Ove pwevo Chapter 20 Chapter 21 \v 1 Kufuma haze, Yesu alisolwele cheka k \v 2 omu vapwile hamwe, Shimona Petulu na \v 3 Shimona Petulu avambile ngwenyi, Nan \v 4 Jino muze zwalala, Yesu emanyine kun \v 5 Kaha Yesu avahulishile ngwenyi, Enu \v 6 Avambile ngwenyi, Fuchilenu kusali y \v 7 Kaha uze kambaji vazangile kuli Yesu \v 8 Vaze vakwavo tumbaji vejile muwato o \v 9 Kaha omu vakandukile hatunda, vamwen \v 10 Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Nehenuko vais \v 11 Shikaho Shimona Petulu engilile muwa \v 12 Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Twayenu mulya \v 13 Yesu ejile, anonele yize mbolo nakuv \v 14 Aka kakiko jino kamuchitatu Yesu ali \v 15 Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli Chapter 21 Chapter 99
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Delete the line
Chapter 99
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Place the cursor/caret at the beginning of the very FIRST line
\v ...
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Open the Replace dialog
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Uncheck all box options
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FIND
(?-is)\\v (?=(?s:.+?^(Chapter \d+$)))|^Chapter \d+\R
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REPLACE
$1:
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Click once on the
Replace All
button
This replacement exchanges each string
\v
, followed with a space char, by the stringChapter
followed with a space char and its numberSo, we get this temporary OUTPUT text :
Chapter 1 Chapter 1:1 Kukuputuka Lizu apwilengako, kah Chapter 1:2 Ikiye apwilenga naKalunga kukupu Chapter 1:3 Vyosena vavitengelele muli Ikiye Chapter 1:4 Muli Ikiye mwapwile Mwono, kaha Chapter 1:5 Musana kana wamunyika mumilima, Chapter 1:6 Kwapwile mutu vatumine kufuma ku Chapter 1:7 Ikiye ejile apwenga chinjiho wak Chapter 1:8 Ikiye kapwile Uze Musanako, oloz Chapter 1:9 Musana wamuchano apwile nakwiza Chapter 1:10 Apwile hakaye, kaha kaye vakaten Chapter 1:11 Ejile kuvyenyi, kaha vaze venyi Chapter 1:12 Oloze veshovo vamutambwile, vaze Chapter 1:13 vaze vene vásemuwile, keshi kuma Chapter 1:14 Jino Lizu alilingishile Ivene ku Chapter 2 Chapter 2:1 Halikumbi lyamuchitatu kwapwile chil Chapter 2:2 Yesu nawa vamusanyikile natumbaji tw Chapter 2:3 Omu vinyo yahwile, naye alwezele Yes Chapter 2:4 Kaha Yesu amwambile ngwenyi, Ove mam Chapter 2:5 Naye alwezele vangamba ngwenyi, Ches Chapter 2:6 Jino kuze kwapwile milondo yamalolwa Chapter 2:7 Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Zalisenu milo Chapter 2:8 Avambile ngwenyi, Switenumo jino mum Chapter 2:9 Aze meya álumukile kupwa vinyo, omu Chapter 2:10 nakumwamba ngwenyi, Vatu vosena veji Chapter 2:11 Echi alingile Yesu kuKana, limbo lya Chapter 2:12 Kufuma haze, ashikumukile kuKapelena Chapter 2:13 Chiwanyino chaKuzomboka chavaYuleya Chapter 2:14 Kaha muTembele, awanyine vaze vapwil Chapter 2:15 Kaha anyotele chikote chajingoji nak Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 3:1 Jino kwapwile mutu wamuli vaFwaliseu Chapter 3:2 Ikiye ejile kuli Yesu naufuku nakwam Chapter 3:3 Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha Chapter 3:4 Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Mutu Chapter 3:5 Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha Chapter 3:6 Ocho chakusemuwa kumujimba wanyama c Chapter 3:7 Kanda ulikomokela omu ngwakwambanga Chapter 3:8 Peho yeji kuhuhwanga kweshokwo nayis Chapter 3:9 Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Vyum Chapter 3:10 Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Ove umuk Chapter 3:11 Mwamuchano vene nangukulweza ngwami, Chapter 3:12 Omu ngunamilweze vyahamavu, kamwafwe Chapter 3:13 Naumwe aya lyehi mwilu wauchi, shina Chapter 3:14 Kaha ngana muze azezwile Mose uze li Chapter 3:15 mangana wose mwamufwelela, apwenga n Chapter 3 ... ... ... Chapter 20 Chapter 20:1 Jino halikumbi lyatete muchalumingo, Chapter 20:2 Shikaho alahile nakuya kuli vaShimon Chapter 20:3 Kaha Petulu alovokele nauze kambaji Chapter 20:4 Vosena vavali vapwile nakulahila ham Chapter 20:5 Kaha hakunongama nakutalamo, amwene Chapter 20:6 Kaha Shimona Petulu amukavile nakuhe Chapter 20:7 nalilesu lize lyapwile kumutwe wenyi Chapter 20:8 Haze vene nauze kambaji mukwavo áliv Chapter 20:9 Mwomwo haze, Mazu-vasoneka-ajila kan Chapter 20:10 Kaha vaze tumbaji vahilukile kuze va Chapter 20:11 Oloze Maliya emanyine haweluka wachi Chapter 20:12 Kaha amwene vangelo vavali vanavwale Chapter 20:13 Kaha vakiko vamuhulishile ngwavo, Ov Chapter 20:14 Omu áhanjikile ngocho, alumukile kah Chapter 20:15 Yesu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Ove pwevo Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 21:1 Kufuma haze, Yesu alisolwele cheka k Chapter 21:2 omu vapwile hamwe, Shimona Petulu na Chapter 21:3 Shimona Petulu avambile ngwenyi, Nan Chapter 21:4 Jino muze zwalala, Yesu emanyine kun Chapter 21:5 Kaha Yesu avahulishile ngwenyi, Enu Chapter 21:6 Avambile ngwenyi, Fuchilenu kusali y Chapter 21:7 Kaha uze kambaji vazangile kuli Yesu Chapter 21:8 Vaze vakwavo tumbaji vejile muwato o Chapter 21:9 Kaha omu vakandukile hatunda, vamwen Chapter 21:10 Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Nehenuko vais Chapter 21:11 Shikaho Shimona Petulu engilile muwa Chapter 21:12 Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Twayenu mulya Chapter 21:13 Yesu ejile, anonele yize mbolo nakuv Chapter 21:14 Aka kakiko jino kamuchitatu Yesu ali Chapter 21:15 Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli Chapter 21
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Place the caret at the very beginning of your file :
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Open the Replace dialog
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Uncheck all box options
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FIND
^Chapter \d+\R(?=Chapter \d+$)|^Chapter \d+\Z
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REPLACE
Leave EMPTY
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Click once on the
Replace All
button
This replacement deletes any string
Chapter ##
IF followed by an other stringChapter ##
as well as the very last stringChapter 21
And we get our expected OUTPUT text :
Chapter 1 Chapter 1:1 Kukuputuka Lizu apwilengako, kah Chapter 1:2 Ikiye apwilenga naKalunga kukupu Chapter 1:3 Vyosena vavitengelele muli Ikiye Chapter 1:4 Muli Ikiye mwapwile Mwono, kaha Chapter 1:5 Musana kana wamunyika mumilima, Chapter 1:6 Kwapwile mutu vatumine kufuma ku Chapter 1:7 Ikiye ejile apwenga chinjiho wak Chapter 1:8 Ikiye kapwile Uze Musanako, oloz Chapter 1:9 Musana wamuchano apwile nakwiza Chapter 1:10 Apwile hakaye, kaha kaye vakaten Chapter 1:11 Ejile kuvyenyi, kaha vaze venyi Chapter 1:12 Oloze veshovo vamutambwile, vaze Chapter 1:13 vaze vene vásemuwile, keshi kuma Chapter 1:14 Jino Lizu alilingishile Ivene ku Chapter 2 Chapter 2:1 Halikumbi lyamuchitatu kwapwile chil Chapter 2:2 Yesu nawa vamusanyikile natumbaji tw Chapter 2:3 Omu vinyo yahwile, naye alwezele Yes Chapter 2:4 Kaha Yesu amwambile ngwenyi, Ove mam Chapter 2:5 Naye alwezele vangamba ngwenyi, Ches Chapter 2:6 Jino kuze kwapwile milondo yamalolwa Chapter 2:7 Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Zalisenu milo Chapter 2:8 Avambile ngwenyi, Switenumo jino mum Chapter 2:9 Aze meya álumukile kupwa vinyo, omu Chapter 2:10 nakumwamba ngwenyi, Vatu vosena veji Chapter 2:11 Echi alingile Yesu kuKana, limbo lya Chapter 2:12 Kufuma haze, ashikumukile kuKapelena Chapter 2:13 Chiwanyino chaKuzomboka chavaYuleya Chapter 2:14 Kaha muTembele, awanyine vaze vapwil Chapter 2:15 Kaha anyotele chikote chajingoji nak Chapter 3 Chapter 3:1 Jino kwapwile mutu wamuli vaFwaliseu Chapter 3:2 Ikiye ejile kuli Yesu naufuku nakwam Chapter 3:3 Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha Chapter 3:4 Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Mutu Chapter 3:5 Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha Chapter 3:6 Ocho chakusemuwa kumujimba wanyama c Chapter 3:7 Kanda ulikomokela omu ngwakwambanga Chapter 3:8 Peho yeji kuhuhwanga kweshokwo nayis Chapter 3:9 Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Vyum Chapter 3:10 Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Ove umuk Chapter 3:11 Mwamuchano vene nangukulweza ngwami, Chapter 3:12 Omu ngunamilweze vyahamavu, kamwafwe Chapter 3:13 Naumwe aya lyehi mwilu wauchi, shina Chapter 3:14 Kaha ngana muze azezwile Mose uze li Chapter 3:15 mangana wose mwamufwelela, apwenga n ... ... ... Chapter 20 Chapter 20:1 Jino halikumbi lyatete muchalumingo, Chapter 20:2 Shikaho alahile nakuya kuli vaShimon Chapter 20:3 Kaha Petulu alovokele nauze kambaji Chapter 20:4 Vosena vavali vapwile nakulahila ham Chapter 20:5 Kaha hakunongama nakutalamo, amwene Chapter 20:6 Kaha Shimona Petulu amukavile nakuhe Chapter 20:7 nalilesu lize lyapwile kumutwe wenyi Chapter 20:8 Haze vene nauze kambaji mukwavo áliv Chapter 20:9 Mwomwo haze, Mazu-vasoneka-ajila kan Chapter 20:10 Kaha vaze tumbaji vahilukile kuze va Chapter 20:11 Oloze Maliya emanyine haweluka wachi Chapter 20:12 Kaha amwene vangelo vavali vanavwale Chapter 20:13 Kaha vakiko vamuhulishile ngwavo, Ov Chapter 20:14 Omu áhanjikile ngocho, alumukile kah Chapter 20:15 Yesu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Ove pwevo Chapter 21 Chapter 21:1 Kufuma haze, Yesu alisolwele cheka k Chapter 21:2 omu vapwile hamwe, Shimona Petulu na Chapter 21:3 Shimona Petulu avambile ngwenyi, Nan Chapter 21:4 Jino muze zwalala, Yesu emanyine kun Chapter 21:5 Kaha Yesu avahulishile ngwenyi, Enu Chapter 21:6 Avambile ngwenyi, Fuchilenu kusali y Chapter 21:7 Kaha uze kambaji vazangile kuli Yesu Chapter 21:8 Vaze vakwavo tumbaji vejile muwato o Chapter 21:9 Kaha omu vakandukile hatunda, vamwen Chapter 21:10 Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Nehenuko vais Chapter 21:11 Shikaho Shimona Petulu engilile muwa Chapter 21:12 Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Twayenu mulya Chapter 21:13 Yesu ejile, anonele yize mbolo nakuv Chapter 21:14 Aka kakiko jino kamuchitatu Yesu ali Chapter 21:15 Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli
Best Regards,
guy038
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@guy038 Many and much thanx.
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@guy038
Getting a colon before Chapters.
I can remove by another RegEx.
But if you can help me fix it in your code, that would be great.Chapter 3:15 mangana wose mwamufwelela, apwenga n :Chapter 4
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@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel said in RegEx Help with Backreference I think:
I think a RegEx could do this, but I need help.
This question is almost an exact match for the post #26693 in that it looks like it needs a lookbehind. Of course lookbehinds cannot be variable length so it can’t be achieved.
As in that post, my solution is to reverse the lines, then the lookbehind becomes a lookahead and can easily be achieved. Lastly the lines are again reversed. These 3 steps can all be recorded as a macro if this is a repeated process.
So the steps are:
- Use Reverse Line Order which is under Edit menu, then Line Operations.
- Using the Replace function we have (Have the cursor in the first line of the file):
Find What:(?-s)^\\v (?=(.+\R)+?(Chapter \d+))
Replace With:${2}:
Select Replace All - Use Reverse Line Order which is under Edit menu, then Line Operations.
Terry
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@Terry-R
Thanx very much! -
@Terry-R
That is amazing!
How do I “reverse line order” in a macro?
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@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel said in RegEx Help with Backreference I think:
How do I “reverse line order” in a macro?
In Notepad++ a macro is essentially all the keystrokes (and mouse selections) together with keyboard input recorded. Once saved (and a shortcut can be assigned to it as well), it can be played back. The playing back just replays those keystrokes and mouse selections etc. So yes the reverse line order can also be recorded.
The online manual has the detail and can explain it much better than I can. You find the link from the ? menu.
Terry
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@Terry-R
As I am changing just under 1300 chapters with a lot more than 15 verses, this will save me many hours.
Your help is much appreciated!
I will indeed build a macro. -
@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel
Macro worked great.
Thanx again! -
@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel
One more thing please.
The “Chapter” is actually a book name.
It is the first word in the file. I need that to be read into a variable and put in the beginning of the line instead of the word “Chapter”I am working on it, but if you can help that would be appreciated.
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@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel said in RegEx Help with Backreference I think:
It is the first word in the file. I need that to be read into a variable and put in the beginning of the line instead of the word “Chapter”
Well, obviously some examples would be extremely helpful, otherwise I’m just guessing.
And my first guess would be to have this as the regex:
(?-s)^\\v (?=(.+\R)+?(.+?\d+$))
You will see I’ve changed theChapter<space>\d+
to.+?\d+$
. The .+? means to consume characters in a non-greedy fashion and stop when a digit appears. Then the rest says to also consume digits (as many as occurs together) and stop at the end of the line ($
). So if there are spaces behind the digits it won’t work. Without examples I can’t be sure.Terry
PS you said first word in the file. So do you really mean it’s the word at the start of each group OR truly ONLY the first line in the file. If ONLY the first line then that is an entirely different sort of regex. Examples with say 2-4 groups of verses. And AGAIN include 2 code boxes, 1st being existing data and 2nd being how you want it to look.
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@Terry-R Thanx.
I need the first word in this file to be used for all “\v”
The next file will be a different book name and so needs to read the first word, and use it.Samu 1 \v 1:1 Kukuputuka Lizu apwilengako, kah \v 1:2 Ikiye apwilenga naKalunga kukupu \v 1:3 Vyosena vavitengelele muli Ikiye \v 1:4 Muli Ikiye mwapwile Mwono, kaha \v 1:5 Musana kana wamunyika mumilima, \v 1:6 Kwapwile mutu vatumine kufuma ku \v 1:7 Ikiye ejile apwenga chinjiho wak \v 1:8 Ikiye kapwile Uze Musanako, oloz \v 1:9 Musana wamuchano apwile nakwiza \v 1:10 Apwile hakaye, kaha kaye vakaten \v 1:11 Ejile kuvyenyi, kaha vaze venyi \v 1:12 Oloze veshovo vamutambwile, vaze \v 1:13 vaze vene vásemuwile, keshi kuma \v 1:14 Jino Lizu alilingishile Ivene ku Samu 2 \v 1 Halikumbi lyamuchitatu kwapwile chil \v 2 Yesu nawa vamusanyikile natumbaji tw \v 3 Omu vinyo yahwile, naye alwezele Yes
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@Terry-R It is the first word, but is repeated for each Chapter
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@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel
Thanx!
That appears to have worked.
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Hi, @robert-or-janet-diebel, @terry-r and All,
Robert, I’m really sorry because I did a mistake regarding my second and main regex replacement : I mixed two different tests :-((
The correct regex S/R was simply :
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FIND
(?-is)\\v (?=(?s:.+?^(Chapter \d+$)))
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REPLACE
$1:
But, I agree that the @terry-r’s use of the
Edit > Line Operations > Reverse Line Order
, in order to get theChapter
name after its contents, is quite clever !So, if we use the @terry-r’s method and taking in account your further posts, the task is really simplified :
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Run an
Edit > Line Operations > Reverse Line order
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Perform the following regex S/R
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FIND
(?-is)\\v (?=(?s:.+?^(\u[\u\l -]+ \d+$)))
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REPLACE
$1:
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Run again an
Edit > Line Operations > Reverse Line order
action
I used the regex
(?-i)\u[\u\l -]+
for the book’s name, just in case you have this kind of title :My very-Best-Novel
!BR
guy038
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@guy038 Thanx very much. I am still working on this as the total project requires more changes.
All help is appreciated.
I am trying to do what I can myself, but am in over my head here. -
@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel
Adds Book name fine, but all chapters show as “1” -
@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel
Could be my fault. I am still testing -
@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel
Your last few posts aren’t referencing anybody. The @name you use is how to “speak” to a particular poster.The posts are also lacking in detail so it is difficult to know what your problem is.
Suggest adding some examples showing before and after the change and what regex you used.
Terry
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@Terry-R
I have, a number of times, needed to grab a Value (usually a book name in this instance)
Then I need to fit it into a search as a parameter (maybe as a group) to be used in the Replace.I believe you did that, but I am not sure how.
Could you expand a bit one the change you did from “Chapter” to BookName?