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• • April 3, 2018 at 4:58 pm #102839
    Larry Pitts

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    Hello:

    I could use some help in finding pronunciation key(s) in text in parenthesis, including the parenthesis, but without grabbing other text within other parenthesis. I want to delete the pronunciation key only. Hope that makes sense.
    For example:
    I only need to grab nad delete the pronunciation in the sample below:

    Adam Scott became the first Australian to win the Masters, beating Angel Cabrera (AHN’-hehl kuh-BREHR’-uh) on the second hole of a playoff on a rainy day at Augusta National. This was the first time (in Master’s history) that a playoff was postponed due to rain.

    I tried \((?<=\().*?(\))
    But of course, it finds both text within the two parenthesis items.
    Thanks for any advice.
    Larry

  • April 4, 2018 at 1:03 am #102845
    Peter Kahrel

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    The question is, how do you tell the difference between pronunciation keys and parentheticals that are not pronunciation keys? The presence of stress marks? Capitals? Any systematic difference?

  • April 4, 2018 at 6:09 am #102847
    Graham Park

    Member

    We would need to find the pattern to be sure to create a GREP to do this.

    This will find your example but will probably not work for every example, give it a try and see how it goes.

    \(.+\-[\u]+\)

  • April 4, 2018 at 1:24 pm #102852
    Larry Pitts

    Member

    Thanks, Graham: I tested it with several different samples and it found all of them, but left the other parentheticals in the text. Exactly what I needed. Thanks again. I wasn’t having any luck on my own.
    Larry

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