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GREP Find space before one or more numbers

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    • August 10, 2016 at 6:11 am #87286
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Hi !

      I need to find the space before one or more numbers and replace ONLY the space (not the numbers) with a breaking space.
      Can someone help me ? GREP is going to drive me crazy ! :-)

      Thanks a lot !

    • August 10, 2016 at 7:51 am #87298
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      There are a ton of resources on this page:
      https://creativepro.com/resources/grep
      It sounds like you need to use a “positive lookahead”

    • August 10, 2016 at 9:11 am #87307
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Thanks !

      Im blocked at this point : (?<=\d)

      With a space at the end of this grep, it works but it select the space AFTER the numbers. I don’t know how to select the space BEFORE :/

    • August 10, 2016 at 9:44 am #87308
      Kai Rübsamen
      Member

      Lookarounds find positions, not text. Therefore it is possible to find something, but not to include it.

      Assume you are the ‘space’ ;-) and you are sitting on a time ray. If you want to find something left from you (in the past), you will have a look to your left (lookbehind). If you want to find something in the future, you will have a look to your right (lookahead).

      The code that you provide, is the shortcut for a lookbehind. So it will find a space, if it is preceded by a number.

      But what you need is a lookahead:

      \x20(?=\d)

      Kai

    • August 10, 2016 at 9:53 am #87311
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Waouw ! It works !! Thanks !!
      It’s like a lesson on the theory of relativity :-)

      What means \x20 ?

    • August 10, 2016 at 10:10 am #87316
      Kai Rübsamen
      Member

      No, it’s like learning how to play guitar. If you understand some concepts, you will be able to play your own songs.

      \x20 is the unicode value for a space-character. It’s a way to make spaces visible in your code. You can check that, if you select a space and read the value in the Information-panel. This will show you ‘0x20’. So you could write \x{0x20} or in this case the shortcut \x20

    • August 10, 2016 at 11:44 am #87324
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      You’re totally right.

      Thanks ! I learned something.

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