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• • September 17, 2013 at 5:32 pm #65345
    Anonymous

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    Hi, I’m working on an index list a client has supplied. There are loads of instances where an entry is given like this: ‘Aaron, Joseph’ (without the “‘”s).

    To be able to use Peter Kahrel’s Index Direct script, I need to move the first name (or in some cases names) from after to in front of the last/family name and delete the comma.

    I’ve had a play around with GREP and worked out how to select the comma, space and first name(s), but for the life of me I can’t figure out how to move their position. (Regarding the ‘obsolete’ comma, I could run a new search and change afterwards to delete all those if there are no other options.)

    Can anyone help me with this? Is it even possible to move things the way I have described?

  • September 17, 2013 at 5:46 pm #65347
    David Blatner

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    Yup, you need to put the pieces in parentheses, and then use $2 $1 in the change to field to “turn them around.”
    I know that’s cryptic, sorry, but there’s much more info if you look at: https://creativepro.com/grep

  • September 17, 2013 at 10:30 pm #65356
    Anonymous

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    Thanks for the reply, David.

    Yes, it’s cryptic, but I’ll follow your link and see what I can come up with.

  • October 14, 2013 at 7:49 pm #65786
    Anonymous

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    I posted a detailed answer, but it didn’t appear… try searching Cari Jansen’s website – there are examples of grep for this same problem

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