Remove Numerical Value

Gavin Campbell

I want to use regex expression with Notepad++ to delete any number which is directly next to a character like this:

2Try
3Look
4Contact

I want it to look like this:

Try
Look
Contact

Terry R

@Gavin-Campbell said in Remove Numerical Value:

delete any number which is directly next to a character

Using the Replace function we have
Find What:\d+(\w)
Replace With:\1
As this is a regex we need search mode as regular expression

Given the small amount you have provided this works. However there may be other instances where you don’t want it to work, such as when you have what123Test for example. If so you need to provide better explanation of the circumstances to edit and where to NOT edit.

Terry

Gavin Campbell

@Terry-R said in Remove Numerical Value:

\1

OK thanks. It does work with these:

2Try
3Look
4Contact

However it also finds numbers in the article like:

32.2 degrees
38 and 39 degrees

and it changes them to

2.2 degrees
8 and 9 degrees

So, how can i use a regex which only affects numbers which are directly next to a text value only rather numbers next to a numerial value.

Terry R

Actually sorry, I did put you slightly wrong as \w refers to a longer list of characters rather than JUST a-z.

Try
Find What:(?i)\d+([a-z])
Replace With:\1

The `(?i) allows it to work with both upper and lower case a-z characters.
Also note this will pick up multi digit numbers preceding a character.

Terry

Gavin Campbell

It works, Thanks alot Terry. Be blessed