Need help with regex Chinese numbers

[Bạch Lão Bản]

Hello there, I’m sorry for my bad at English, but I really need you guys for help.

I have a bunch of novel text have this problem, example like this:

第一章  <-(this mean Chapter 1,章 mean Chapter, 第 not really important)
第八十一章 <-(this mean Chapter 81)

I want to change the construct of text from:

第一章 
to 
章:一

第八十一章 
to 
章:八十一

Many thanks.

[Stefan Pendl]

@Bạch-Lão-Bản
may be test something like the following:
Search pattern:

(第)([八十一])+(章)

Replacement pattern:

\3:\2

You will have to add more numbers to the list in the middle of the search pattern.
See https://regexr.com/ or any other regular expression page for detailed information.

[guy038]

Hello, @bạch-lão-bản, @Stefan-pendl and All,

Not difficult with regular expressions ! Basically, you have this kind of text :

• The 第 char, then a range, possibly null, of character(s), then the 一章 characters

And you expect :

The 章: char, followed with this same range of char(s) and ending with the 一 char

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In regex language, this can be coded as :

SEARCH (?-s)第(.*)一章

REPLACE 章:\1一

So :

• Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

  • SEARCH (?-s)第(.*)一章

  • REPLACE 章:\1一

  • Tick the Wrap around option

  • Select the Regular expression search mode

  • Click once the Replace All button or hit the Alt + A shortcut

• Close the Replace dialog ( Esc )

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Notes :

• The (?-s) part forces the regex engine to consider any dot regex symbol ( . ) as matching a single standard character ( not line-break ones ! )

• Then, the part .* represents any, possibly null, range of standard characters, between the 第 char and the 一 char. As it is embedded between parentheses, it is stored and can be re_used, either in the Search regex part with the \1 syntax or in the Replace regex part with the \1 or $1 or ${1} syntaxes

• The four characters 第, 章, : and 一 are just literal chars to be searched and replaced as it is !

Best Regards,

guy038

[Bạch Lão Bản]

@Stefan-Pendl @guy038

Thank you, this problem finally solved :D