Find and Replace Colon Between Numbers

[Yohanes K]

Hello all,

I would like to do find and replace:

1. Colon between numbers
2. Dash between numbers

Original:
Matthew 22:23-33

Become:
Matthew 22 verse 23 to 33

But it does not have impact to other word if it is not between numbers, example= God:

Please let me know, thank you in advance.

[PeterJones]

@Yohanes-K,

Matthew 22:23-33

God said: "Let-there-be-light"

Score 15-17

Gen 1:1

Boring: text

becomes

Matthew 22 verse 23 to 33

God said: "Let-there-be-light"

Score 15 to 17

Gen 1 verse 1

Boring: text

using

• search mode = regular expression
• find = \d+\K(?:(:)|(-))(?=\d)
• replace = (?1 verse )(?2 to ) – yes, there are spaces around “verse” and “to” in that expression; copy-paste should work right

Quick explanation:

• find one or more digits,
• reset the search, so those digits aren’t included in the “match text”
• look for either : (which will be called group 1) or - (which will be called group 2)
• followed by another digit (but don’t keep this digit in the match, either
• replace group 1 (if any : matched) with " verse " (including spaces)
• replace group 2 (if any - matched) with " to " (including spaces)

Notice my example used counter-examples which don’t match, but might mistakenly do so with a less-than-ideal regex; this makes it much more clear whether the expression is working, or just seems to be working on the positive-match data.

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[guy038]

Hi, @yohanes-k, @peterjones, and All,

Peter, you could, even, have omitted the non-capturing group, giving :

SEARCH \d+\K(:)|-(?=\d+)

REPLACE \x20(?1verse:to)\x20

Be aware, @yohanes-k, to click, exclusively, on the Replace All button ( Due to the \K syntax, the step by step Replace button does not work properly ! )

Cheers,

guy038

[guy038]

Hello, @yohanes-k, @peterjones, @ekopalypse and All,

Oh, my bad ! Reading again my post, I just realize that I’m quite wrong and that the Peter’s solution is the right one !

Why ? because my search regex, in fact, is an alternative between the 2 independent regexes : \d+\K(:) and -(?=\d+) :-((

Actually, the overall regex must be an alternative between the regexes \d+\K:(?=\d+) and \d+\K-(?=\d+) which may be grouped with a ( non-capturing ) group syntax !

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Now, in order to be more rigorous, we should mention the name of the Four Evangelists. This gives the following regex S/R :

SEARCH (?-i:Matthew|Mark|Luke|John)\x20\d+\K:(\d+)-(?=\d+)

REPLACE \x20verse\x20\1\x20to\x20

Cheers,

guy038