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• • October 29, 2021 at 11:25 am #14349610
    Geoffrey West

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    I have a multi-page price list in a 2-column table, and I’m trying to create a bold character style for JUST the dollar values:

    “$3.00 / bag”
    “15.00 each”
    “45.00 per cubic yard”

    I’ve come close with this expression: (?<=)\d

    That’s picking up the cents, period and dollar values but not the dollar sign itself.

    But that’s also picking up instances of things like “30#” and other numeric values.

    What’s the missing ingredient?! HELP!

  • October 29, 2021 at 11:38 am #14349613
    David Blatner

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    I wonder if this will work: \$?\d+\.\d\d
    That will search for a $ (zero or one), followed by one or more digits, followed by a dot, and then 2 more digits.

  • October 29, 2021 at 12:16 pm #14349621
    Dhafir Photo

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    If the price in beginning of paragraph always, you can use this:

    (?s)^\$?\K\d[.\d]+

    • October 29, 2021 at 11:52 pm #14349640
      Massimo Carrassi

      Participant

      What does this (?s) mean?
      Thank you

  • October 29, 2021 at 12:57 pm #14349629
    Geoffrey West

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    Thanks, guys!

    Just for snips and gibbles, is there a method using one of the look behind/ahead commands that would accomplish this as well?

    Just curious if I was on the right track going that route when I first started. I always wanted to use one of the look ahead/behind commands but never know the appropriate instance or styling challenge.

    • October 29, 2021 at 2:47 pm #14349636
      David Blatner

      Keymaster

      Well, you wanted to include the $ symbol, so no, not really. Positive Lookbehind would be for something like: “Find a digit that comes immediately after a $ — but don’t include the $ symbol.”

      Though you could use a negative lookahead, for example, to say “find any number unless it is followed by a # symbol.”

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