RegEx Help with Backreference I think

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 Thanx for responding.
If I run the MACRO to change \c & \v with a number and a word (\toc2 1 Samwele) it fails.
If I remove the number (\toc2 Samwele) it works. The number and {space} cause failure.
Could the RegEx be altered to allow the number and {space}?

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

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[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 The MACRO reverses line order.
I can maybe get the changes done with a number of simpler RegEx’s run after the fact, but I would prefer it totally automated if possible.
Another alternative is to separate the Numbered books and have a separate RegEx to run against them that would allow a number and {space}

[guy038]

Hi , @robert-or-janet-diebel,

Oh… How silly I am ! You’re perfectly right. At first sight, I do not remark this important line, beginning your BookAndVerse macro :

            <Action type="2" message="0" wParam="42083" lParam="0" sParam="" />

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So, instead of using the ^\u[\u\l -]+ part, for the name, we can use, either, the regexes :

• ^\w[\w'’ -]+

or

• ^[[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]'’ -]+ IF no LOW LINE character ( \x{005F} ) occurs in the name

Within these two regexes, I also added the two apostrophe syntaxes ['’]. If you do not need them, don’t add them in the character class !

So, given this example, below :

My very-Best-Novel
1 Samwele
5 L'été de tous les dangers
5 L’été de tous les dangers
1_ te_ST

• The first regex ^\w[\w'’ -]+ would match the five lines above

• The second regex ^[[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]'’ -]+ would match the first four lines, only

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Thus, If we take the general case, you must change, in your Step 2, the search regex as below :

• FIND (?-is)\\v (?=(?s:.+?^(\w[\w'’ -]+ \d+$)))

Best Regards,

guy038

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 I am so very thankful for your help.
Sorry I forgot to point out the line order reversal.
I will give it a try!
All the best to you and yours.

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 That is working great! I am so thankful!
Dare I mention my last failing MACRO that should change the {space} after the Book-Chapter:verse to a TAB?
Same issue, it works if there is no number.
I will try to figure it out, but if you have any guidance, it would be appreciated.

        <Macro name="Space2Tab" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0">
            <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
            <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="^(\w+\s\d+:\d+)\s(.*)$" />
            <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="2" sParam="" />
            <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="$1\t$2" />
            <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="512" sParam="" />
            <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
        </Macro>

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 Got my space-to-tab working.
Thanx for all your help!

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 Spoke too soon. Got it to change numbered book, then failed on non-numbered.
I am still working on it.

[guy038]

Hello, @robert-or-janet-diebel,

I suppose that the following regex S/R should work :

• FIND ^([\w ]+\x20\d+:\d+)\x20

• REPLACE $1\t

Best Regards,

guy038

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 This works on numbered, but not unnumbered.
Here is what I tried.

^(\d+?\s?\w+\s\d+:\d+)\s(.*)$

It worked on numbered, but not unnumbered
I thought the “?” would make it optional.

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 Sorry, that does work. I somehow slipped in a space before the RegEx in the MACRO