Reply To: GREP needed: Finding duplicate last names in a list

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February 14, 2020 at 2:00 am #14323078
Vinny –
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Hi there,
hmmm tricky one…

You can give this one a shot:

^([^,]+),.+\r(\1.+\r)+

It will (well, should…) catch blocks of paragraphs if they follow each other AND start by the same “lead” (I used comma as separator as per your example)

Looking forward for your feedback.

Vinny

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