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• • January 11, 2022 at 3:08 pm #14356418
    Constanza Pacher

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    Hi, I’m new to GREP.

    Is there a list somewhere of basic GREP expressions?

    I’m trying to find/replace in InDesign words that were in italics in the original, but came in as -word- (hyphen word hyphen).

    I found this in D. Blatner’s Favorite GREP Expressions:

    \<c\w+e\>

    and tried to add the hyphens, but I lack vocabulary. Tried all these bud didn’t work:

    \<-\w+-\>
    \<“-“\w+”-“\>
    \<[-]\w+[-]\>

    Help is appreciated!
    Thanks.

  • January 11, 2022 at 3:46 pm #14356419
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Hi Constanza, glad you found my article!
    If you’re just looking for words that have hyphens around them, you can try: -\w+?-
    The dash will find a hyphen. \w means “any word character”. +? means one more more.
    But if you’re trying to get rid of the hyphens as you turn the word italic, I’d suggest searching for -(\w+?)-
    And then replace with $1

    • January 11, 2022 at 4:01 pm #14356421
      Constanza Pacher

      Participant

      (New to asking questions in forums too! ;-) Don’t know if my answer was recorded.

      OMG Magic! Thank you so much for the prompt reply!
      The two steps worked like a charm: brought back the italics, and then got rid of the hyphens.
      Much appreciated!
      Constanza

    • January 11, 2022 at 4:02 pm #14356424
      David Blatner

      Keymaster

      Sometimes posts and replies get held for moderation. Not sure why that happens. But if your post doesn’t show up, you can always email us at info@creativepro.com and say “hey, my forum post isn’t showing up.” :-)

      Glad this worked!

  • January 11, 2022 at 11:43 pm #14356428
    Steve Davis

    Participant

    I would love to find a program that could create GREP from English!
    find all words in italic and change them to …
    and then it would do it!

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