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• • April 30, 2015 at 11:23 am #75082
    Anonymous

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    Hi all,

    I need help finding the second word in each paragraph with grep.

    Thanks in advance

  • April 30, 2015 at 11:44 am #75084
    Aaron Troia

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    That’s a tough one Ohad, there are many variables both before and after both the first and second words to account for, but this is what I came up with so far, it still doesn’t catch every second word but it’s a start.

    ^[^ ]+ \K\w+([’\w]+)?(?=[,])?

  • April 30, 2015 at 12:08 pm #75087
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    Hi Ron,
    I basically need to insert an anchored object (which is copied to the clipboard) right before the 3rd word in the paragraph.
    does it make it simpler for you? thanks

  • April 30, 2015 at 12:44 pm #75089
    Aaron Troia

    Participant

    Ohad, that does make it easier, I thought you were trying to isolate the second word, but that extra bit of information really helps. So depending on whether you want to place the anchored object before or after the space after the second word,

    before the space:

    Find: ^([^ ]+ [^ ]+)(?= )
    Replace: $1~c

    or after the space:

    Find: ^([^ ]+ [^ ]+ )
    Replace: $1~c

    Let me know if that works or not for you.

  • April 30, 2015 at 12:52 pm #75090
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    That works great! Thanks much for your help ++

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