RegEx Help with Backreference I think

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@Terry-R
I have, a number of times, needed to grab a Value (usually a book name in this instance)
Then I need to fit it into a search as a parameter (maybe as a group) to be used in the Replace.

I believe you did that, but I am not sure how.
Could you expand a bit one the change you did from “Chapter” to BookName?

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038
I have, a number of times, needed to grab a Value (usually a book name in this instance)
Then I need to fit it into a search as a parameter (maybe as a group) to be used in the Replace.

Your FIND did work well,
Thanx.

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@Terry-R I am trying to put together an example.
Will post soon I hope.

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@Terry-R Given:

\id GEN KUPUTUKANEW1, September 18, 2012, LCP LUVALE 
\h KUPUTUKA
\toc1 Mukanda waKuputuka
\toc2 Kuputuka
\toc3 Kupu
\mt2 MUKANDA WA
\mt1 KUPUTUKA
\mt2 MUKANDA WAKAVANGA ÁSONEKELE MOSE
\imt Kujimbula mukanda
\is Ásonekele mukanda
\ip Ou Mukanda waKuputuka vauvulukila Mose ngwavo iki
\ip Mose vamuvulukila kusoneka mikanda yosena yitanu 
\is Mwaka wakuusoneka
\ip Mwaka asonekele Mose uno mukanda wapwile mukachi 
\is Vihande vili mumukanda
\ip Mumukanda waKuputuka mukiko vasoneka haputukilile
\ip MuKuputuka mukiko aputukila Kalunga kulisolola om
\ip Havilongeselo-vyalushiko vitanu navitatu vize vya
\ip Vihande vyamuMukanda waKuputuka vyengila namumuka
\im Unjiho wakuvuluka Mukanda Kuputuka kupwa wamuchan
\is Vihanda vitanu vili mumukanda
\ili1 Kutanga vyamumelu navyahakaye (1:1—2:25)
\ili1 Hafumine kulikanga, nomu Kalunga ashikile ulwil
\ili1 Kulihandununa chambuto yavatu (Kena naAvele), n
\ili1 Kufuma halivaji, nakutwala kuMbavele (8:1—11:9)
\ili1 Kufuma haze Apalama vamusanyikile, nakutwala ku
\c 1
\s Kuputuka chakutanga vyuma
\q1
\v 1 \x + \xo 1:1\xt Yowa 1:1-2\x*Kalunga omu aputuki
\q1
\v 2 Vyahakaye vyapwile kanda visoloke, vyapwile vich
\q1 Milima yafwikile hamwambe.
\q1 Shipilitu\f + \fr 1:2 \ft Eli lizu shipilitu lyap
\s Kutanga mumakumbi atanu nalimwe
\p
\v 3 Jino \x + \xo 1:3\xt Samu 33:6; 2 Koli 4:6\x*Kal
\m

How would I grab the word following \toc 2{Space} and use it in the Replace?
FIND - \id.\toc2 (.?)\r\n.*?Kuputuka 1 - REPLACE - Kuputuka 1 - Remove Preamble
This works, but I have to enter the Book Name manually.
Thanx for all help.

[Terry R]

@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel said in RegEx Help with Backreference I think:

This works, but I have to enter the Book Name manually.

Well your example is what I’d call the “before” example. How about show the same data but with the changes you’d need to make. As for a book name, I don’t even know where in your example the book name is, it certainly isn’t obvious.

In fact the examples now are looking a lot more complicated than your initial example. That leads me to believe some of the earlier stuff was perhaps made up, and this is the real data. Whilst we are happy to help, I (personally) feel a bit used if it turns out the original solutions weren’t really needed.

If you have a “real” request, please lay it out. We’ve had other posters in the past that “beat about the bush” and only through lots of posts do we realise their actual problem wasn’t the one they initially started with. That is just wasting time and quite frankly can cause friction.

Terry

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@Terry-R I am truly sorry about this.
There is no attempt to deceive, or use.
And I know you time is valuable by the depth of your responses.
I have a number of macros. They were being executed in a certain order. Your responses help me to think there could be a better way. Maybe doing them in a different order. I am experimenting with that, and will continue.
As stated earlier:
I have, a number of times, needed to grab a Value (usually a book name in this instance)
Then I need to fit it into a search as a parameter (maybe as a group) to be used in the Replace.

The book Name here is “Kuputuka”. I am trying to help some folks who speak the Luvale language.
I need to grab that word, and be able to use it.
I will continue to search.
Your help thus far has moved me forward in understanding some RegEx syntax.
If I can come up with a better example I will post it.
Again, sorry to have troubled you.
Your input has been very much appreciated.

[Terry R]

@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel said in RegEx Help with Backreference I think:

Your help thus far has moved me forward in understanding some RegEx syntax.

I think you are trying to run before you can walk. Learning Regex is like learning a computer language, albeit with a small number of defined “reserved words”. This is a common issue when we help out, of which we are well aware. Often we will try to describe what our solutions do. Sometimes we will point out the website regex101.com as entering the regex there, you will get a description (sometimes it doesn’t work as there are many flavours of regular expressions).

I also offer up rexegg.com as that can be a great tool as well. But as with any learning it is best to start with basics, much as building a house. Start with the foundations and work your way up.

It is good that you are trying to find your own way. Just be aware that we can help. Just be honest, show what you have tried, where it failed as you did in your first post. When asking questions give as much background information as possible and please include examples, both before and after the required changes.

One of your statements “I have, a number of times, needed to grab a Value (usually a book name in this instance). Then I need to fit it into a search as a parameter (maybe as a group) to be used in the Replace.” suggests to me that this is 2 separate steps. Bear in mind that regex does NOT store values across steps. If a regex cannot grab and then use that parameter within itself then the process will not work. At that point it might be necessary to go to a proper programming language. Notepad++ supports several, PythonScript and LuaScript being 2 of them.

Terry

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@Terry-R Thanx Terry, I will keep trying.

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 Your RegEx works great.

(?-is)\\v (?=(?s:.+?^(\u[\u\l -]+ \d+$)))

The BookName is the first word in the file so when line reversed it is the last.
Could you explain how your RegEx grabs that last word and is able to use it?

This project uses a number of MACROs. It would be helpful for me to understand how I can get the BookName from the file.
As it is now, I need to alter the shortcuts.xml file too often.
I have gotten the manual and am trying to figure it out but any help you could give would be much appreciate and might shorten my search substantually.

[guy038]

Hello, @robert-or-janet-diebel ,

Sorry, but I’ve been away since Friday on a ski course at the French resort of Val-Cenis ! Now I’m back and preparing my reply concerning my search/replacement, which I hope will contain all the necessary explanations !

See you soon !

Best Regards,

guy038

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 Excellent. Thanx so much.

[guy038]

Hello, @robert-or-janet-diebel,

IMPORTANT :

After three days outdoors, I have a fresh perspective and I’ve simplified my regex S/R as below :

• FIND (?s-i)\\v (?=.+?^(\u[\u\l -]+ \d+$))

• REPLACE $1:

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First, given your first INPUT text, below :

Chapter 1
Chapter 1:1	Kukuputuka Lizu apwilengako, kah
Chapter 1:2	Ikiye apwilenga naKalunga kukupu
Chapter 1:3	Vyosena vavitengelele muli Ikiye
Chapter 1:4	Muli Ikiye mwapwile Mwono, kaha 
Chapter 1:5	Musana kana wamunyika mumilima, 
Chapter 1:6	Kwapwile mutu vatumine kufuma ku
Chapter 1:7	Ikiye ejile apwenga chinjiho wak
Chapter 1:8	Ikiye kapwile Uze Musanako, oloz
Chapter 1:9	Musana wamuchano apwile nakwiza 
Chapter 1:10	Apwile hakaye, kaha kaye vakaten
Chapter 1:11	Ejile kuvyenyi, kaha vaze venyi 
Chapter 1:12	Oloze veshovo vamutambwile, vaze
Chapter 1:13	vaze vene vásemuwile, keshi kuma
Chapter 1:14	Jino Lizu alilingishile Ivene ku
Chapter 2
\v 1	Halikumbi lyamuchitatu kwapwile chil
\v 2	Yesu nawa vamusanyikile natumbaji tw
\v 3	Omu vinyo yahwile, naye alwezele Yes
\v 4	Kaha Yesu amwambile ngwenyi, Ove mam
\v 5	Naye alwezele vangamba ngwenyi, Ches
\v 6	Jino kuze kwapwile milondo yamalolwa
\v 7	Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Zalisenu milo
\v 8	Avambile ngwenyi, Switenumo jino mum
\v 9	Aze meya álumukile kupwa vinyo, omu 
\v 10	nakumwamba ngwenyi, Vatu vosena veji
\v 11	Echi alingile Yesu kuKana, limbo lya
\v 12	Kufuma haze, ashikumukile kuKapelena
\v 13	Chiwanyino chaKuzomboka chavaYuleya 
\v 14	Kaha muTembele, awanyine vaze vapwil
\v 15	Kaha anyotele chikote chajingoji nak
Chapter 3
\v 1	Jino kwapwile mutu wamuli vaFwaliseu
\v 2	Ikiye ejile kuli Yesu naufuku nakwam
\v 3	Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha
\v 4	Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Mutu
\v 5	Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha
\v 6	Ocho chakusemuwa kumujimba wanyama c
\v 7	Kanda ulikomokela omu ngwakwambanga 
\v 8	Peho yeji kuhuhwanga kweshokwo nayis
\v 9	Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Vyum
\v 10	Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Ove umuk
\v 11	Mwamuchano vene nangukulweza ngwami,
\v 12	Omu ngunamilweze vyahamavu, kamwafwe
\v 13	Naumwe aya lyehi mwilu wauchi, shina
\v 14	Kaha ngana muze azezwile Mose uze li
\v 15	mangana wose mwamufwelela, apwenga n
...
...
...
Chapter 20
\v 1	Jino halikumbi lyatete muchalumingo,
\v 2	Shikaho alahile nakuya kuli vaShimon
\v 3	Kaha Petulu alovokele nauze kambaji 
\v 4	Vosena vavali vapwile nakulahila ham
\v 5	Kaha hakunongama nakutalamo, amwene 
\v 6	Kaha Shimona Petulu amukavile nakuhe
\v 7	nalilesu lize lyapwile kumutwe wenyi
\v 8	Haze vene nauze kambaji mukwavo áliv
\v 9	Mwomwo haze, Mazu-vasoneka-ajila kan
\v 10	Kaha vaze tumbaji vahilukile kuze va
\v 11	Oloze Maliya emanyine haweluka wachi
\v 12	Kaha amwene vangelo vavali vanavwale
\v 13	Kaha vakiko vamuhulishile ngwavo, Ov
\v 14	Omu áhanjikile ngocho, alumukile kah
\v 15	Yesu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Ove pwevo
Chapter 21
\v 1	Kufuma haze, Yesu alisolwele cheka k
\v 2	omu vapwile hamwe, Shimona Petulu na
\v 3	Shimona Petulu avambile ngwenyi, Nan
\v 4	Jino muze zwalala, Yesu emanyine kun
\v 5	Kaha Yesu avahulishile ngwenyi, Enu 
\v 6	Avambile ngwenyi, Fuchilenu kusali y
\v 7	Kaha uze kambaji vazangile kuli Yesu
\v 8	Vaze vakwavo tumbaji vejile muwato o
\v 9	Kaha omu vakandukile hatunda, vamwen
\v 10	Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Nehenuko vais
\v 11	Shikaho Shimona Petulu engilile muwa
\v 12	Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Twayenu mulya
\v 13	Yesu ejile, anonele yize mbolo nakuv
\v 14	Aka kakiko jino kamuchitatu Yesu ali
\v 15	Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli

You’re probably wondering why it’s necessary to reverse the order of the lines, before applying the regex search/replacement ?

Which, by the way, gives this temporary text :

\v 15	Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli
\v 14	Aka kakiko jino kamuchitatu Yesu ali
\v 13	Yesu ejile, anonele yize mbolo nakuv
\v 12	Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Twayenu mulya
\v 11	Shikaho Shimona Petulu engilile muwa
\v 10	Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Nehenuko vais
\v 9	Kaha omu vakandukile hatunda, vamwen
\v 8	Vaze vakwavo tumbaji vejile muwato o
\v 7	Kaha uze kambaji vazangile kuli Yesu
\v 6	Avambile ngwenyi, Fuchilenu kusali y
\v 5	Kaha Yesu avahulishile ngwenyi, Enu 
\v 4	Jino muze zwalala, Yesu emanyine kun
\v 3	Shimona Petulu avambile ngwenyi, Nan
\v 2	omu vapwile hamwe, Shimona Petulu na
\v 1	Kufuma haze, Yesu alisolwele cheka k
Chapter 21
\v 15	Yesu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Ove pwevo
\v 14	Omu áhanjikile ngocho, alumukile kah
\v 13	Kaha vakiko vamuhulishile ngwavo, Ov
\v 12	Kaha amwene vangelo vavali vanavwale
\v 11	Oloze Maliya emanyine haweluka wachi
\v 10	Kaha vaze tumbaji vahilukile kuze va
\v 9	Mwomwo haze, Mazu-vasoneka-ajila kan
\v 8	Haze vene nauze kambaji mukwavo áliv
\v 7	nalilesu lize lyapwile kumutwe wenyi
\v 6	Kaha Shimona Petulu amukavile nakuhe
\v 5	Kaha hakunongama nakutalamo, amwene 
\v 4	Vosena vavali vapwile nakulahila ham
\v 3	Kaha Petulu alovokele nauze kambaji 
\v 2	Shikaho alahile nakuya kuli vaShimon
\v 1	Jino halikumbi lyatete muchalumingo,
Chapter 20
...
...
...
\v 15	mangana wose mwamufwelela, apwenga n
\v 14	Kaha ngana muze azezwile Mose uze li
\v 13	Naumwe aya lyehi mwilu wauchi, shina
\v 12	Omu ngunamilweze vyahamavu, kamwafwe
\v 11	Mwamuchano vene nangukulweza ngwami,
\v 10	Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Ove umuk
\v 9	Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Vyum
\v 8	Peho yeji kuhuhwanga kweshokwo nayis
\v 7	Kanda ulikomokela omu ngwakwambanga 
\v 6	Ocho chakusemuwa kumujimba wanyama c
\v 5	Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha
\v 4	Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Mutu
\v 3	Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha
\v 2	Ikiye ejile kuli Yesu naufuku nakwam
\v 1	Jino kwapwile mutu wamuli vaFwaliseu
Chapter 3
\v 15	Kaha anyotele chikote chajingoji nak
\v 14	Kaha muTembele, awanyine vaze vapwil
\v 13	Chiwanyino chaKuzomboka chavaYuleya 
\v 12	Kufuma haze, ashikumukile kuKapelena
\v 11	Echi alingile Yesu kuKana, limbo lya
\v 10	nakumwamba ngwenyi, Vatu vosena veji
\v 9	Aze meya álumukile kupwa vinyo, omu 
\v 8	Avambile ngwenyi, Switenumo jino mum
\v 7	Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Zalisenu milo
\v 6	Jino kuze kwapwile milondo yamalolwa
\v 5	Naye alwezele vangamba ngwenyi, Ches
\v 4	Kaha Yesu amwambile ngwenyi, Ove mam
\v 3	Omu vinyo yahwile, naye alwezele Yes
\v 2	Yesu nawa vamusanyikile natumbaji tw
\v 1	Halikumbi lyamuchitatu kwapwile chil
Chapter 2
Chapter 1:14	Jino Lizu alilingishile Ivene ku
Chapter 1:13	vaze vene vásemuwile, keshi kuma
Chapter 1:12	Oloze veshovo vamutambwile, vaze
Chapter 1:11	Ejile kuvyenyi, kaha vaze venyi 
Chapter 1:10	Apwile hakaye, kaha kaye vakaten
Chapter 1:9	Musana wamuchano apwile nakwiza 
Chapter 1:8	Ikiye kapwile Uze Musanako, oloz
Chapter 1:7	Ikiye ejile apwenga chinjiho wak
Chapter 1:6	Kwapwile mutu vatumine kufuma ku
Chapter 1:5	Musana kana wamunyika mumilima, 
Chapter 1:4	Muli Ikiye mwapwile Mwono, kaha 
Chapter 1:3	Vyosena vavitengelele muli Ikiye
Chapter 1:2	Ikiye apwilenga naKalunga kukupu
Chapter 1:1	Kukuputuka Lizu apwilengako, kah
Chapter 1

Well, the reason is that regular epressions can possibly take into account text placed AFTER the current position, even after several lines, but can generally never take into account text placed BEFORE the current position !

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So, let’s examine, first, the regex (?s-i)\\v .+^Chapter \d+$, against the text, AFTER the reverse operation :

Starting with the caret at the beginning of the line \v 15 Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli, this regex would grab all the text till the string Chapter 1 . This happens because the initial modifiers (?s-i) mean that, both :

• Any character, even the line-break chars, are considered, due to the (?s) syntax : s = single line

• Any character must respect the case, due to the (?-i) syntax : -i = non insensitive

Of course, this regex is useless as the line \v 15 Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli must refer to Chapter 21 and not to Chapter 1

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Now, in order to only consider the text till the nearest string Chapter, let’s try this regex (?s-i)\\v .+?^Chapter \d+$. Ah…, the result is better because it just selects the fifteen lines ( from \v15 to \v1 and the Chapter 21 string

First, it detects the \v string ( the double antislash is needed as the antislash is itself a regex character ), followed with a space char and, then, any char ( . ) , included possible line-breaks, repeated ( + ) till the nearest string ( ? ) Chapter beginning a line ( ^ ) and followed with a space and a non-empty list of digits ( \d+ ) ending the current line ( $ )

As we presently need to always know the Chapter ## string, we must store the part ^Chapter \d+$ with parentheses. So, the regex becomes (?s-i)\\v .+?^(Chapter \d+$)

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However, that’s not enough because the string Chapter 21 must be used for each line from \v15 to \v1. Thus, we’ll use a new structure, called a look-ahead and the regex becomes (?s-i)\\v (?=.+?^(Chapter \d+$)). If you run this new regex against the text, it should only select the \v string followed with a space char but, it is implied, on condition that the nearest stored Chapter ## string is found further on !

And, in that case, it replaces the \v15 string and its following space char, by the stored string ( $1 = Chapter 21) followed with a colon char, giving the line Chapter 21:15 Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli

Then it would select the \v string and the space before number 14 and would replace it by the line Chapter 21:14 Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli and so on till the line Chapter 21:1 Kufuma haze, Yesu alisolwele cheka k

Now, the next match is \v and the space, part of the Chapter 20 and, indeed, after the replacement we get the line : Chapter 20:15 Yesu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Ove pwevo and so on…

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Finally, as you said that the “Chapter” is actually a book name, we just have to change the literal name Chapter by the regex ^(\u[\u\l -]+ which means :

• Find an uppercase letter, beginning the line ( ^\u )

• followed by a choice of an upper or a lower case letter or a space char or a dash char ( [\u\l -] ), repeated as many times as necessary ( [\u\l -]+ )

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To end, with an other Edit > Line Operations > Reverse Line order action, we simply get the natural order of your text !

If you’re still unsure about certain details, just ask me !

Best Regards,

guy038

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 said in RegEx Help with Backreference I think:

(?s-i)\v (?=.+?^(\u[\u\l -]+ \d+$))

Sorry, but I am getting invalid RegEX with this new one.

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 I am investigating why what was working is giving errors.
Your explanation is excellent and helpful.
I will get back to you ASAP.
I do not want to waste your time.

[guy038]

Hi, @robert-or-janet-diebel,

Very odd that you got some errors ! Let me re-explain the process :

Starting with this INPUT text, AFTER an Edit > Line Operations > Reverse Line order operation :

\v 15	Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli
\v 14	Aka kakiko jino kamuchitatu Yesu ali
\v 13	Yesu ejile, anonele yize mbolo nakuv
\v 12	Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Twayenu mulya
\v 11	Shikaho Shimona Petulu engilile muwa
\v 10	Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Nehenuko vais
\v 9	Kaha omu vakandukile hatunda, vamwen
\v 8	Vaze vakwavo tumbaji vejile muwato o
\v 7	Kaha uze kambaji vazangile kuli Yesu
\v 6	Avambile ngwenyi, Fuchilenu kusali y
\v 5	Kaha Yesu avahulishile ngwenyi, Enu 
\v 4	Jino muze zwalala, Yesu emanyine kun
\v 3	Shimona Petulu avambile ngwenyi, Nan
\v 2	omu vapwile hamwe, Shimona Petulu na
\v 1	Kufuma haze, Yesu alisolwele cheka k
Chapter 21
\v 15	Yesu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Ove pwevo
\v 14	Omu áhanjikile ngocho, alumukile kah
\v 13	Kaha vakiko vamuhulishile ngwavo, Ov
\v 12	Kaha amwene vangelo vavali vanavwale
\v 11	Oloze Maliya emanyine haweluka wachi
\v 10	Kaha vaze tumbaji vahilukile kuze va
\v 9	Mwomwo haze, Mazu-vasoneka-ajila kan
\v 8	Haze vene nauze kambaji mukwavo áliv
\v 7	nalilesu lize lyapwile kumutwe wenyi
\v 6	Kaha Shimona Petulu amukavile nakuhe
\v 5	Kaha hakunongama nakutalamo, amwene 
\v 4	Vosena vavali vapwile nakulahila ham
\v 3	Kaha Petulu alovokele nauze kambaji 
\v 2	Shikaho alahile nakuya kuli vaShimon
\v 1	Jino halikumbi lyatete muchalumingo,
Chapter 20
...
...
...
\v 15	mangana wose mwamufwelela, apwenga n
\v 14	Kaha ngana muze azezwile Mose uze li
\v 13	Naumwe aya lyehi mwilu wauchi, shina
\v 12	Omu ngunamilweze vyahamavu, kamwafwe
\v 11	Mwamuchano vene nangukulweza ngwami,
\v 10	Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Ove umuk
\v 9	Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Vyum
\v 8	Peho yeji kuhuhwanga kweshokwo nayis
\v 7	Kanda ulikomokela omu ngwakwambanga 
\v 6	Ocho chakusemuwa kumujimba wanyama c
\v 5	Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha
\v 4	Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Mutu
\v 3	Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha
\v 2	Ikiye ejile kuli Yesu naufuku nakwam
\v 1	Jino kwapwile mutu wamuli vaFwaliseu
Chapter 3
\v 15	Kaha anyotele chikote chajingoji nak
\v 14	Kaha muTembele, awanyine vaze vapwil
\v 13	Chiwanyino chaKuzomboka chavaYuleya 
\v 12	Kufuma haze, ashikumukile kuKapelena
\v 11	Echi alingile Yesu kuKana, limbo lya
\v 10	nakumwamba ngwenyi, Vatu vosena veji
\v 9	Aze meya álumukile kupwa vinyo, omu 
\v 8	Avambile ngwenyi, Switenumo jino mum
\v 7	Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Zalisenu milo
\v 6	Jino kuze kwapwile milondo yamalolwa
\v 5	Naye alwezele vangamba ngwenyi, Ches
\v 4	Kaha Yesu amwambile ngwenyi, Ove mam
\v 3	Omu vinyo yahwile, naye alwezele Yes
\v 2	Yesu nawa vamusanyikile natumbaji tw
\v 1	Halikumbi lyamuchitatu kwapwile chil
Chapter 2
Chapter 1:14	Jino Lizu alilingishile Ivene ku
Chapter 1:13	vaze vene vásemuwile, keshi kuma
Chapter 1:12	Oloze veshovo vamutambwile, vaze
Chapter 1:11	Ejile kuvyenyi, kaha vaze venyi 
Chapter 1:10	Apwile hakaye, kaha kaye vakaten
Chapter 1:9	Musana wamuchano apwile nakwiza 
Chapter 1:8	Ikiye kapwile Uze Musanako, oloz
Chapter 1:7	Ikiye ejile apwenga chinjiho wak
Chapter 1:6	Kwapwile mutu vatumine kufuma ku
Chapter 1:5	Musana kana wamunyika mumilima, 
Chapter 1:4	Muli Ikiye mwapwile Mwono, kaha 
Chapter 1:3	Vyosena vavitengelele muli Ikiye
Chapter 1:2	Ikiye apwilenga naKalunga kukupu
Chapter 1:1	Kukuputuka Lizu apwilengako, kah
Chapter 1

• Paste the text, right above, in a new N++ tab

• Place the caret / cursor at the beginning of the very first line \v 15 Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli, so right before the anti-slash

• Open the Replace dialog

• Uncheck all the box options

• FIND (?s-i)\\v (?=.+?^(\u[\u\l -]+ \d+$))

• REPLACE $1:

• Select the Regular expression search mode

• Click several times on the Replace button OR just once on the Replace All button

==> You should see the message 60 occurrences were replaced from caret to end of file

And you should get the expected OUTPUT text, below :

Chapter 21:15	Omu vakumishile kulyaula, Yesu ahuli
Chapter 21:14	Aka kakiko jino kamuchitatu Yesu ali
Chapter 21:13	Yesu ejile, anonele yize mbolo nakuv
Chapter 21:12	Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Twayenu mulya
Chapter 21:11	Shikaho Shimona Petulu engilile muwa
Chapter 21:10	Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Nehenuko vais
Chapter 21:9	Kaha omu vakandukile hatunda, vamwen
Chapter 21:8	Vaze vakwavo tumbaji vejile muwato o
Chapter 21:7	Kaha uze kambaji vazangile kuli Yesu
Chapter 21:6	Avambile ngwenyi, Fuchilenu kusali y
Chapter 21:5	Kaha Yesu avahulishile ngwenyi, Enu 
Chapter 21:4	Jino muze zwalala, Yesu emanyine kun
Chapter 21:3	Shimona Petulu avambile ngwenyi, Nan
Chapter 21:2	omu vapwile hamwe, Shimona Petulu na
Chapter 21:1	Kufuma haze, Yesu alisolwele cheka k
Chapter 21
Chapter 20:15	Yesu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Ove pwevo
Chapter 20:14	Omu áhanjikile ngocho, alumukile kah
Chapter 20:13	Kaha vakiko vamuhulishile ngwavo, Ov
Chapter 20:12	Kaha amwene vangelo vavali vanavwale
Chapter 20:11	Oloze Maliya emanyine haweluka wachi
Chapter 20:10	Kaha vaze tumbaji vahilukile kuze va
Chapter 20:9	Mwomwo haze, Mazu-vasoneka-ajila kan
Chapter 20:8	Haze vene nauze kambaji mukwavo áliv
Chapter 20:7	nalilesu lize lyapwile kumutwe wenyi
Chapter 20:6	Kaha Shimona Petulu amukavile nakuhe
Chapter 20:5	Kaha hakunongama nakutalamo, amwene 
Chapter 20:4	Vosena vavali vapwile nakulahila ham
Chapter 20:3	Kaha Petulu alovokele nauze kambaji 
Chapter 20:2	Shikaho alahile nakuya kuli vaShimon
Chapter 20:1	Jino halikumbi lyatete muchalumingo,
Chapter 20
...
...
...
Chapter 3:15	mangana wose mwamufwelela, apwenga n
Chapter 3:14	Kaha ngana muze azezwile Mose uze li
Chapter 3:13	Naumwe aya lyehi mwilu wauchi, shina
Chapter 3:12	Omu ngunamilweze vyahamavu, kamwafwe
Chapter 3:11	Mwamuchano vene nangukulweza ngwami,
Chapter 3:10	Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Ove umuk
Chapter 3:9	Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Vyum
Chapter 3:8	Peho yeji kuhuhwanga kweshokwo nayis
Chapter 3:7	Kanda ulikomokela omu ngwakwambanga 
Chapter 3:6	Ocho chakusemuwa kumujimba wanyama c
Chapter 3:5	Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha
Chapter 3:4	Nyikotemu amuhulishile ngwenyi, Mutu
Chapter 3:3	Yesu amukumbulwile ngwenyi, Mwamucha
Chapter 3:2	Ikiye ejile kuli Yesu naufuku nakwam
Chapter 3:1	Jino kwapwile mutu wamuli vaFwaliseu
Chapter 3
Chapter 2:15	Kaha anyotele chikote chajingoji nak
Chapter 2:14	Kaha muTembele, awanyine vaze vapwil
Chapter 2:13	Chiwanyino chaKuzomboka chavaYuleya 
Chapter 2:12	Kufuma haze, ashikumukile kuKapelena
Chapter 2:11	Echi alingile Yesu kuKana, limbo lya
Chapter 2:10	nakumwamba ngwenyi, Vatu vosena veji
Chapter 2:9	Aze meya álumukile kupwa vinyo, omu 
Chapter 2:8	Avambile ngwenyi, Switenumo jino mum
Chapter 2:7	Yesu avambile ngwenyi, Zalisenu milo
Chapter 2:6	Jino kuze kwapwile milondo yamalolwa
Chapter 2:5	Naye alwezele vangamba ngwenyi, Ches
Chapter 2:4	Kaha Yesu amwambile ngwenyi, Ove mam
Chapter 2:3	Omu vinyo yahwile, naye alwezele Yes
Chapter 2:2	Yesu nawa vamusanyikile natumbaji tw
Chapter 2:1	Halikumbi lyamuchitatu kwapwile chil
Chapter 2
Chapter 1:14	Jino Lizu alilingishile Ivene ku
Chapter 1:13	vaze vene vásemuwile, keshi kuma
Chapter 1:12	Oloze veshovo vamutambwile, vaze
Chapter 1:11	Ejile kuvyenyi, kaha vaze venyi 
Chapter 1:10	Apwile hakaye, kaha kaye vakaten
Chapter 1:9	Musana wamuchano apwile nakwiza 
Chapter 1:8	Ikiye kapwile Uze Musanako, oloz
Chapter 1:7	Ikiye ejile apwenga chinjiho wak
Chapter 1:6	Kwapwile mutu vatumine kufuma ku
Chapter 1:5	Musana kana wamunyika mumilima, 
Chapter 1:4	Muli Ikiye mwapwile Mwono, kaha 
Chapter 1:3	Vyosena vavitengelele muli Ikiye
Chapter 1:2	Ikiye apwilenga naKalunga kukupu
Chapter 1:1	Kukuputuka Lizu apwilengako, kah
Chapter 1

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Finally, after a second operation Edit > Line Operations > Reverse Line order you’ll find the natural order of your text !

Best Regards,

guy038

[Alan Kilborn]

@Robert-Or-Janet-Diebel said:

I am getting invalid RegEX with this new one.

This could be data-related.

A regex can be tested for validity by searching using it in an empty Notepad++ tab. If the find status bar says “0 matches” then the regex is valid. If it says “invalid regex”, then, well…

Side note: PythonScript writers can test for a valid regex without data by using the regex_is_valid function from HERE.

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 Thanx much. I do not know what happened yesterday.However I have made great progress today with the help you provided. The following MACRO works great for these first two steps:

        <Macro name="\c2Book\v2Verse" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0">
            <Action type="2" message="0" wParam="42083" lParam="0" sParam="" />
            <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
            <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="(?-s)^\\c (\d+)(?=(.*\R)+?\\toc2 (.+)$)" />
            <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="2" sParam="" />
            <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="${3} ${1}" />
            <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="512" sParam="" />
            <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
            <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
            <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="(?-is)\\v (?=(?s:.+?^(\u[\u\l -]+ \d+$)))" />
            <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="2" sParam="" />
            <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="${1}:" />
            <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="512" sParam="" />
            <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" />
            <Action type="2" message="0" wParam="42083" lParam="0" sParam="" />
        </Macro>

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 said in RegEx Help with Backreference I think:

If you’re still unsure about certain details, just ask me !

I can select and remove the preamble from:

\id NUM kulav.txt 1993 A.Horton.Luvale
\h KULAVA
\toc1 Mukanda waKulava
\toc2 Kulava
\toc3 Kulat2 MUKANDA WAt1 KULAVAt2 MUKANDA WAMUCHITANU ÁSONEKELE MOSE
\imt Kujimbula mukanda
\is Ásonekele mukanda
\ip Ou Mukanda waKulava vauvulukila Mose ngwavo ikiye ausonekele. Ou Mose ikiye uze vavuluka kuMukanda waKulovoka (Tala Kulo 2:1-10). Apwile mwanaAmilame mwanaKohate mwanaLevi (Tala ku1 Mijimbu 6:3), mwanaYakova (Tala Kuputuka 25:22-26) uze valukile ngwavo Isalele kuli Kalunga (Kuputuka 22:38). Isalele apwile mwanaIsaka mwanaApalahama, uze apwile mwanaTela.
\ip Mose vamuvulukila kusoneka mikanda yosena yitanu — Kuputuka naKulovoka naVyavaLevi naKulava nou waKuhituluka muJishimbi. Unjiho wauvulu wamuChilongeselo-chalushiko-lwaKalunga-Chamwaka wamuvuluka ikiye kupwa muka-kusoneka (Kulovoka 17:14; 34:27; Kuhituluka 31:9). Kaha muChilongeselo-chalushiko-lwaKalunga-Chachihya, vamuvulukamo kakavulu, kuhakilako nomu Ivene Kulishitu amuvulukila kupwa muka-kusoneka (Mateu 8:4). Apwile nauhashi wakusoneka, kaha apwile nalwola lwakusoneka, kaha nawa atachikijile shindakanyi yavyosena vize vyasolokelenga.
\is Mwaka wakuusoneka
\ip Mukanda uno vausonekele mukachi kamwaka wa1450 na1400 shimbu kanda kusemuka chaMwata Yesu Kulishitu.
\is Vihande vili mumukanda
\ip Lijina lyamukanda uno lyafuma hakupwa ukiko mukanda vasonekelemo kulava chavaIsalele. Mukanda waKulava waswika kuvihande vize vyatwama mumukanda waKulovoka. Kaha wapwa mukanda mwatwama chihande chakukimba chavana vaIsalele mumakango, kutesa nakuzeneka chavo kwononoka Kalunga kavo Uze avasokwele muundungo, numba vahone kwingilila kuKatesha-Mbalaneya mulifuchi lize lyalushiko.
\ip Wapwa mukanda walumbununa milimo nakutambuka chavana vaIsalele, kaha tunahase kuufwanyisa nachiyoyelo chamuka-Kulishitu. Kaha wapwa mukanda wavihande vyamwakutambukila mwakalemesa kumeso aKalunga, kaha wakukulula vihande vili mumikanda yikwavo, ngana —
\ili KUPUTUKA — wapwa mukanda wavuluka tengeso yaKalunga, kuvulumuna chamutu, nahaputukila tanga yavaIsalele.
\ili KULOVOKA — wavuluka kusokoka chavana vaIsalele
\ili WAVYAVALEVI — wavuluka kulifukula kuli Kalunga nakulikata nenyi
\ili KULAVA — wavuluka vyosena vize vyapandama kumilimo yavo nakutambuka chavo.
\ip Chachilemu etu kutachikiza ngwetu, kakweshi mutu vechelele alilingile mwaya kusaka chenyiko. Ngamba hingamba yaKalunga muli vana vaIsalele apwile wakulava, kaha atachikijile chihela chenyi muze mutanga yenyi, namulimo wenyi uze vamuhanyine kuzatanga. Mukanda waKulava tunahase kuufwanyisa navize vasoneka kuMukanda wavaka-Kolinde wakavanga mukapetulu likumi nakavali (1 Kolinde 12) haze vavuluka chilyo hichilyo chamujimba chapwa chachilemu, kaha nawa chatwama namulimo wacho.
\ip Chikwavo nawa — chize kweseka chosena vesekele vaIsalele muze mumakango, kavachihashileko, vachihonene hakuzeneka kufwelela Kalunga. Ngocho etu kuvanga tuzame mulufwelelo.
\is Vihanda vitanu vili mumukanda
\ili1 vaIsalele nomu vatambukililenga mumazavu avo, 1:1—10:10
\ili1 Kufuma kupili yaShinai nakuheta kuKateshe-mbalaneya, 10:11—12:16
\ili1 VaIsalele hakupwa kuKateshe-mbalaneya, 13:1—19:22
\ili1 Kutambwojoka chavaIsalele mumakango, 20:1—33:49
\ili1 Kuvalweza chakukumishilako, 33:50—36:13.
Kulava 1
Kulava 1:1 Halikumbi lyakavanga mukakweji wamuchivali, mumwaka wamuchivali kufuma haze valovokele mulifuchi lyaEjipitu, Yehova alwezele Mose mumakango aShinai muMbalaka yakuliwanyina ngwenyi,
Kulava 1:2 Lavenu lizavu lyavana vaIsalele lyosena mwaya jitanga javo muvisaka vyavakakuluka javo mukuvula chamajina avo, malunga vosena umwe naumwe,
Kulava 1:3 kufuma kuli ava vamyaka makumi avali (20) nakusambula, vosena vaze vakuhasa kulwa jita muli vaIsalele. Ove naAlone muvalave halizavu halizavu.
Kulava 1:4 Kaha kutanga hitanga kufume lunga apwenga nayenu, kaha mutu himutu apwenga mwata wakutanga yavakakuluka jenyi.
Kulava 1:5 Awa akiko majina amalunga navamikafwa — mutanga yaLuvene mufume Elizule mwanaSheteule.
Kulava 1:6 Mutanga yaShimeyone mufume Shelumiyele mwanaZulishatai.
Kulava 1:7 Mutanga yaYuta mufume Nashone mwanaAminatave.
Kulava 1:8 Mutanga yaIsakale mufume Netanele mwanaZuwale.
Kulava 1:9 Mutanga yaZevulune mufume Eliyave mwanaHelone.
Kulava 1:10 Vamuli vana vaYosefwe navapwa ava — mutanga yaEfwalime mufume Elishama mwanaAmihute, mutanga yaManase mufume Ngamalyele mwanaPetazule.

With:

"\\id.*\\toc2 (.*?)\r\n.*?Kulava 1\r\n" - REPLACE - "Kulava 1\r\n" 

However, how to fit in the lookahead to get the BookName without entering it manually still escapes me. I am working on it, but if you have any guidance, that would be great, and much appreciated.

[guy038]

Hello, @robert-or-janet-diebel,

Ah…, I think I’ve got the solution !

When I first see your last regex \\id.*\\toc2 (.*?)\r\n.*?Kulava 1\r\n", I understood that you wanted to store the name which comes next to the \toc2 string till the nearest SAME name ( Kulava ) further on, followed with some digits and ending the current line, isn’t it ?

So, after some tests, the solution is this regex S/R :

FIND (?s-i)\\id.+?\\toc2 (.+?)\R.*?(?=^\1 \d+$)

REPLACE Leave EMPTY

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First, as in my previous post, I use the initial (?s-i) modifiers. So the search, either :

• is sensitive to case in order that the boundaries of the searched gap are strictly identical ( so Kulava )

• Considers any . regex char as matching any character, even a line-break char

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This rule implies that we’ll use the ? lazy quantifier in order to get :

• The nearest \toc2 string after the \id string ( \\id.+?\\toc2 )

• The nearest LINE-BREAK after the stored name ( (.+?)\R )

• The nearest range of characters ( .*? ) before the look-ahead ( (?=^\1 \d+$) )

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The stored bookName is the regex expression (.+?) after \toc2 and right before \R which represents any line-break ( \r in MAC files, \n in Unix/Linux files or \r\n in Windows files )

The stored value ( Kulava ) is re-used as \1, with the same case, inside the look-ahead structure ( (?=......) ) , followed with a space char and some digits ( \d+ ) ending the current line ( $ )

To refer to this group 1, you could have used, in the SEARCH regex, instead of \1, one of the syntaxes below :

• (?=^\g1 \d+$) or (?=^\g{1} \d+$) or (?=^\g<1> \d+$) or (?=^\g'1' \d+$)

• (?=^\k1 \d+$) or (?=^\k{1} \d+$) or (?=^\k<1> \d+$) or (?=^\k'1' \d+$)

For identical results !

Again, as you see, we may refer to the group ( after the \toc2 string ) later, in the look-ahead part, just because it’s found AFTER the current regex engine position !

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Practically, this regex S/R :

• Selects all the characters between the first line \id NUM kulav.txt 1993 A.Horton.Luvale and the next string EXCLUDED, which was stored after the \toc2 string ( Kulava )

• Deletes all this range of characters as the Replacement zone is EMPTY

Thus, given the INPUT text :

\id NUM kulav.txt 1993 A.Horton.Luvale
\h KULAVA
\toc1 Mukanda waKulava
\toc2 Kulava
\toc3 Kulat2 MUKANDA WAt1 KULAVAt2 MUKANDA WAMUCHITANU ÁSONEKELE MOSE
\imt Kujimbula mukanda
\is Ásonekele mukanda
\ip Ou Mukanda waKulava vauvulukila Mose ngwavo ikiye ausonekele. Ou Mose ikiye uze vavuluka kuMukanda waKulovoka (Tala Kulo 2:1-10). Apwile mwanaAmilame mwanaKohate mwanaLevi (Tala ku1 Mijimbu 6:3), mwanaYakova (Tala Kuputuka 25:22-26) uze valukile ngwavo Isalele kuli Kalunga (Kuputuka 22:38). Isalele apwile mwanaIsaka mwanaApalahama, uze apwile mwanaTela.
\ip Mose vamuvulukila kusoneka mikanda yosena yitanu — Kuputuka naKulovoka naVyavaLevi naKulava nou waKuhituluka muJishimbi. Unjiho wauvulu wamuChilongeselo-chalushiko-lwaKalunga-Chamwaka wamuvuluka ikiye kupwa muka-kusoneka (Kulovoka 17:14; 34:27; Kuhituluka 31:9). Kaha muChilongeselo-chalushiko-lwaKalunga-Chachihya, vamuvulukamo kakavulu, kuhakilako nomu Ivene Kulishitu amuvulukila kupwa muka-kusoneka (Mateu 8:4). Apwile nauhashi wakusoneka, kaha apwile nalwola lwakusoneka, kaha nawa atachikijile shindakanyi yavyosena vize vyasolokelenga.
\is Mwaka wakuusoneka
\ip Mukanda uno vausonekele mukachi kamwaka wa1450 na1400 shimbu kanda kusemuka chaMwata Yesu Kulishitu.
\is Vihande vili mumukanda
\ip Lijina lyamukanda uno lyafuma hakupwa ukiko mukanda vasonekelemo kulava chavaIsalele. Mukanda waKulava waswika kuvihande vize vyatwama mumukanda waKulovoka. Kaha wapwa mukanda mwatwama chihande chakukimba chavana vaIsalele mumakango, kutesa nakuzeneka chavo kwononoka Kalunga kavo Uze avasokwele muundungo, numba vahone kwingilila kuKatesha-Mbalaneya mulifuchi lize lyalushiko.
\ip Wapwa mukanda walumbununa milimo nakutambuka chavana vaIsalele, kaha tunahase kuufwanyisa nachiyoyelo chamuka-Kulishitu. Kaha wapwa mukanda wavihande vyamwakutambukila mwakalemesa kumeso aKalunga, kaha wakukulula vihande vili mumikanda yikwavo, ngana —
\ili KUPUTUKA — wapwa mukanda wavuluka tengeso yaKalunga, kuvulumuna chamutu, nahaputukila tanga yavaIsalele.
\ili KULOVOKA — wavuluka kusokoka chavana vaIsalele
\ili WAVYAVALEVI — wavuluka kulifukula kuli Kalunga nakulikata nenyi
\ili KULAVA — wavuluka vyosena vize vyapandama kumilimo yavo nakutambuka chavo.
\ip Chachilemu etu kutachikiza ngwetu, kakweshi mutu vechelele alilingile mwaya kusaka chenyiko. Ngamba hingamba yaKalunga muli vana vaIsalele apwile wakulava, kaha atachikijile chihela chenyi muze mutanga yenyi, namulimo wenyi uze vamuhanyine kuzatanga. Mukanda waKulava tunahase kuufwanyisa navize vasoneka kuMukanda wavaka-Kolinde wakavanga mukapetulu likumi nakavali (1 Kolinde 12) haze vavuluka chilyo hichilyo chamujimba chapwa chachilemu, kaha nawa chatwama namulimo wacho.
\ip Chikwavo nawa — chize kweseka chosena vesekele vaIsalele muze mumakango, kavachihashileko, vachihonene hakuzeneka kufwelela Kalunga. Ngocho etu kuvanga tuzame mulufwelelo.
\is Vihanda vitanu vili mumukanda
\ili1 vaIsalele nomu vatambukililenga mumazavu avo, 1:1—10:10
\ili1 Kufuma kupili yaShinai nakuheta kuKateshe-mbalaneya, 10:11—12:16
\ili1 VaIsalele hakupwa kuKateshe-mbalaneya, 13:1—19:22
\ili1 Kutambwojoka chavaIsalele mumakango, 20:1—33:49
\ili1 Kuvalweza chakukumishilako, 33:50—36:13.
Kulava 1
Kulava 1:1 Halikumbi lyakavanga mukakweji wamuchivali, mumwaka wamuchivali kufuma haze valovokele mulifuchi lyaEjipitu, Yehova alwezele Mose mumakango aShinai muMbalaka yakuliwanyina ngwenyi,
Kulava 1:2 Lavenu lizavu lyavana vaIsalele lyosena mwaya jitanga javo muvisaka vyavakakuluka javo mukuvula chamajina avo, malunga vosena umwe naumwe,
Kulava 1:3 kufuma kuli ava vamyaka makumi avali (20) nakusambula, vosena vaze vakuhasa kulwa jita muli vaIsalele. Ove naAlone muvalave halizavu halizavu.
Kulava 1:4 Kaha kutanga hitanga kufume lunga apwenga nayenu, kaha mutu himutu apwenga mwata wakutanga yavakakuluka jenyi.
Kulava 1:5 Awa akiko majina amalunga navamikafwa — mutanga yaLuvene mufume Elizule mwanaSheteule.
Kulava 1:6 Mutanga yaShimeyone mufume Shelumiyele mwanaZulishatai.
Kulava 1:7 Mutanga yaYuta mufume Nashone mwanaAminatave.
Kulava 1:8 Mutanga yaIsakale mufume Netanele mwanaZuwale.
Kulava 1:9 Mutanga yaZevulune mufume Eliyave mwanaHelone.
Kulava 1:10 Vamuli vana vaYosefwe navapwa ava — mutanga yaEfwalime mufume Elishama mwanaAmihute, mutanga yaManase mufume Ngamalyele mwanaPetazule.

After the replacement you’re left with the expected text :

Kulava 1
Kulava 1:1 Halikumbi lyakavanga mukakweji wamuchivali, mumwaka wamuchivali kufuma haze valovokele mulifuchi lyaEjipitu, Yehova alwezele Mose mumakango aShinai muMbalaka yakuliwanyina ngwenyi,
Kulava 1:2 Lavenu lizavu lyavana vaIsalele lyosena mwaya jitanga javo muvisaka vyavakakuluka javo mukuvula chamajina avo, malunga vosena umwe naumwe,
Kulava 1:3 kufuma kuli ava vamyaka makumi avali (20) nakusambula, vosena vaze vakuhasa kulwa jita muli vaIsalele. Ove naAlone muvalave halizavu halizavu.
Kulava 1:4 Kaha kutanga hitanga kufume lunga apwenga nayenu, kaha mutu himutu apwenga mwata wakutanga yavakakuluka jenyi.
Kulava 1:5 Awa akiko majina amalunga navamikafwa — mutanga yaLuvene mufume Elizule mwanaSheteule.
Kulava 1:6 Mutanga yaShimeyone mufume Shelumiyele mwanaZulishatai.
Kulava 1:7 Mutanga yaYuta mufume Nashone mwanaAminatave.
Kulava 1:8 Mutanga yaIsakale mufume Netanele mwanaZuwale.
Kulava 1:9 Mutanga yaZevulune mufume Eliyave mwanaHelone.
Kulava 1:10 Vamuli vana vaYosefwe navapwa ava — mutanga yaEfwalime mufume Elishama mwanaAmihute, mutanga yaManase mufume Ngamalyele mwanaPetazule.

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You may test this regex :

• By changing the name after the \toc2 string and changing, accordingly, the same name on the line right above the Kulava 1:1 Halikumbi lyakavanga mukakweji wamuchivali, mumwaka ............ line => The regex should work and deletes the preamble form

• By changing the name after the \toc2 string and putting an other name on the line right above the Kulava 1:1 Halikumbi lyakavanga mukakweji wamuchivali, mumwaka ............ line => This time, the regex should not work and no replacement happens ( it would also be the case with, for example, the line \toc2 Kulava and the line kulava 1, below, all in lower case ! )

Best Regards,

guy038

[Robert Or Janet Diebel]

@guy038 I have one last hurtle in this project.
With the number of examples you have given I feel I should be able to get it eventually. It also relates to getting the book and using it in the search.
Given:

Kulava 1
Kulava 1:1 Halikumbi lyakavanga mukakweji wam
Kulava 1:2 Lavenu lizavu lyavana vaIsalele ly
Kulava 1:3 kufuma kuli ava vamyaka makumi ava
Kulava 1:4 Kaha kutanga hitanga kufume lunga 
Kulava 1:5 Awa akiko majina amalunga navamika
Kulava 1:6 Mutanga yaShimeyone mufume Shelumi
Kulava 1:7 Mutanga yaYuta mufume Nashone mwan
Kulava 1:8 Mutanga yaIsakale mufume Netanele 
Kulava 1:9 Mutanga yaZevulune mufume Eliyave 
Kulava 1:10 Vamuli vana vaYosefwe navapwa ava

I wish to Replace the {space} with tab after “Book{Space}Chapter#:Verse#” and before verse text like:

Kulava 1
Kulava 1:1	Halikumbi lyakavanga mukakweji wam
Kulava 1:2	Lavenu lizavu lyavana vaIsalele ly
Kulava 1:3	kufuma kuli ava vamyaka makumi ava
Kulava 1:4	Kaha kutanga hitanga kufume lunga 
Kulava 1:5	Awa akiko majina amalunga navamika
Kulava 1:6	Mutanga yaShimeyone mufume Shelumi
Kulava 1:7	Mutanga yaYuta mufume Nashone mwan
Kulava 1:8	Mutanga yaIsakale mufume Netanele 
Kulava 1:9	Mutanga yaZevulune mufume Eliyave 
Kulava 1:10	Vamuli vana vaYosefwe navapwa ava

This works manually entering the Book:

"(Kulava\s\d+:\d+)\s(.*)$" Replace "$1\t$2"

I am trying to get the lookahead working.
As stated before:
“I am working on it, but if you have any guidance, that would be great, and much appreciated.”
I do seem to be missing something. Sorry!