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• • October 29, 2015 at 1:38 pm #79092
    mdt34

    Member

    Hi friends,

    I’m trying to use GREP in a paragraph style. I need it to make a series of numbers that appear at the beginning of the paragraph bold (8.11.4 Any indemnification under Subsections 8.11.1 and 8.11.2). The problem I’m having is that I need to limit it to just the numbers at the front of the paragraph.

    How do I limit the scope of the GREP string to just the first set of numbers? This is the string I am using now: \d+

    Thank you for your help.

    Mike

  • October 29, 2015 at 2:17 pm #79099
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    If you put a caret ^ at the beginning, it means “at the beginning of the paragraph.”
    So ^\d+? should find a string of just numbers. And ^(\d|\.)+ would find a string of digits or dots.

  • October 29, 2015 at 2:19 pm #79100
    mdt34

    Member

    Thank you, David! The second option was exactly what I needed. GREP is so powerful, but difficult for me to wrap my little brain around.

  • November 1, 2015 at 7:04 am #79123
    Roger Morgan

    Member

    There is a tremendous resource for learning about regular expressions at https://www.regular-expressions.info/quickstart.html

    Quite why InDesign users never use the term ‘regular expression’ or ‘regex’ like the rest of the world is one of life’s great mysteries!

  • November 2, 2015 at 3:06 pm #79170
    Peter Kahrel

    Participant

    Probably because in InDesign you enter them in the GREP tab of the Find/Change window, and it’s become a habit to referer to regexes as GREPS.

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