Delete multiple characters or words with "Find and Replace" at once

marko marin

Hi,
I need help deleting the option characters of a question (a) , b) ,…) etc.
I have searched many forums but I couldnt find any help.
What I did was find "a) " replace with “empty”, then do the same for "b) ", and "c) "… later.
Is it possible to do delete all question options at once.
Following is the question.
You must open the door immediately.
a) permission
b) command
c) prohibition
d) request
What I want is

You must open the door immediately.
permission
command
prohibition
request

Thanks in advance…

Claudia Frank

@marko-marin

using regular expression and something like this find what:\s*\w\)\s

If you want to find out more about regex, I recommend reading this.

Cheers
Claudia

marko marin

@Claudia-Frank said:

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Thanks a lot. It worked for me. This saved my time…

Scott Sumner

Hmmm…when I try @Claudia-Frank 's suggestion (with the implied Replace with of nothing ?) on this data:

You must open the door immediately.
a) permission
b) command
c) prohibition
d) request

I get this as a result: You must open the door immediately.permissioncommandprohibitionrequest

I thought the OP wanted this (ignoring the original 1. which isn’t [reasonably?] possible to do):

You must open the door immediately.
permission
command
prohibition
request

But apparently it worked for the OP so it’s all good!

:-D

Claudia Frank

@Scott-Sumner

:-D - that is true - looks like someone ate my start anchor find what:^\s*\w\)\s

I guess the OP was clever and solved my mistake.

Cheers
Claudia

marko marin

@Claudia-Frank , @Scott-Sumner
Actually I solved it by adding “\n” to “replace with” .

marko marin

@Scott-Sumner said:

You must open the door immediately.
permission
command
prohibition
request

and I got
You must open the door immediately.
permission
command
prohibition
request
which was what I wanted.