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Adding space before bracketed numbers? GREP

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    • January 27, 2014 at 5:46 pm #66835
      Justin
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      Hi 1st time post long time reader,

      I have tables of numbers eg. 146(221) and I need to put a bar space in-between the first number and the first open bracket only, while not finding already opened numbers next to brackets (if such a special move can be done!). I’ve tried variations for normal find and replace but would really like a solid GREP code to use.

      Thanks in advance, this website is amazing!

    • January 28, 2014 at 11:57 am #66844
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Sorry, we had a Forum Failure Moment, and lost a couple hours of forum posts. Just replied to himself earlier this morning:

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      Also I would like to know if there is a way of having a set of figures in one column and a set in the next column combining 2 columns to have the numbers 111 (222) in one column. I am copy pasting from Excel.
      This would save a lot of time in my project. Thanks
      Hoping for a super move!

    • January 28, 2014 at 12:00 pm #66845
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Justin, you could probably use a grep code like (\d)(\(\d) and replace it with $1 $2.

      As for combining the numbers… perhaps just merge cells? Or, convert the table to text, then replace that tab with a space, then convert back to a table?

    • February 5, 2014 at 5:12 am #66975
      Justin
      Participant

      Thank you very much!

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