Simple Regex Request -- TIME
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Hi
I have a recurring log that needs to be edited regularly to subtract the time element. I will post an example of the log:
[18:16:16] John A: Done. That did not take long.
[18:16:50] Michelle Z: “Any questions so far?”What i want:
John A: Done. That did not take long.
Michelle Z: “Any questions so far?”I attempted to learn the process of creating a Regex but it is all so complicated for me. I did look over several tutorials.
There is no space before the open bracket on each line and there should not be a space before the name when edited.Thank you VERY much for the help!
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Use
^\[\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\]\sfor searching. Replace with empty string. -
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Not only does it work well but I learned from this and used what I learned already! Your Regex left a space at the beginning of each line because you did not perceive there was an additional space there. I added a \s at the end of it and that got rid of that extra space.
This was very valuable to me.
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Ah, yes, I assumed a fixed single-space Gap. And to match an arbitrary-length sequence of spaces, try
\s+instead of\s\s.
