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• • April 27, 2015 at 2:13 pm #75009
    Jahrod

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    I thought this would be simple (and probably it is) but after searching the web for no less than an hour, I can not figure out how to get GREP to select a number range. What I would like GREP to do is select all numbers from 1 to 49 so I can colour them with a certain colour using a character style built into my paragraph style. Then I also want to colour numbers 50 to 59 with another character style. Does anybody know how I might be able to do this?

  • April 27, 2015 at 3:49 pm #75013
    Wosven S

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    Perhaps there’s a more elegant solution, but an easy way is :

    First, you can color all numbers :
    GREP style color 1-49
    \d

    Second, you color from 50 to 59 :
    GREP style color 50-59
    5\d

    If needed for 60+ :
    GREP style color 60+
    [6-9]\d|[\d]{3,}

  • April 27, 2015 at 11:13 pm #75020
    Jahrod

    Member

    @Wosven, this is absolutely PERFECT – thank you! I actually need a code for 60+, so thanks for dropping that one in too :)

    Out of curiosity, how exactly does that last code work? Possible for you to break it down on what each part does?

    Many thanks

  • April 28, 2015 at 1:30 am #75022
    Masood Ahmad

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    This GREP code is a combination of two codes with an IF condition using a Pipe sign (|)

    [6-9]\d means any digit from 6 to 9 followed by any digit
    = This code will select/search all the numbers starting with 6 to 9

    | pipe sign means OR (a kind of if condition)

    The second part [\d]{3,} will select all the digits with a minimum of 3 digits

    It means that this code will select all the numbers…

    Instead if you need to select the numbers from 60 to 99 then you can tweak the @Wosven code to:

    [6-9]\d
    but keep this in mind that this code will also search/select the numbers in between bigger numbers, therefore, you have to look for the numbers that are not preceded by a digit:

    (?<=[\D])[1-4]\d
(?<=[\D])5\d
(?<=[\D])[6-9]\d

    Similarly if you want to restrict your search to a two-three digit search string then you can add an additional code, like: {1} or {2} or {3}

    (?<=[\D])[1-4]\d{2}
(?<=[\D])5\d{2}
(?<=[\D])[6-9]\d{1}

    Hope this will help

  • April 28, 2015 at 4:53 am #75026
    Jahrod

    Member

    Masood Ahmad, amazing – thank you so much for the thorough breakdown! Saving me so much time already :)

  • April 28, 2015 at 5:18 am #75027
    Masood Ahmad

    Participant

    I’m glad, I could help… :)

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