Reply To: GREP Expression – formatting names at the beginning of a paragraph

Jeremy Howard

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December 12, 2019 at 5:04 am #14323577
Jeremy Howard
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It’s true that nested styles are easier to implement but I am a bit of a GREP wonk so that’s the way I usually go with these things.

Try this expression on for size:

^u\w+(\u)?\u\w+

If it works as expected then I’ll drop back in later and explain the expression for you (I have to get my son on the bus now :))

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