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Using GREP to add conditional text

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    • October 24, 2013 at 9:27 am #65937
      Missy
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      Most of our machines have a button labeled “REZERO SERVO”. However, on some machines that button is labeled “RE-ZERO DRIVE”. I thought I would use GREP to add the latter label as a second condition.

      I have the following GREP conditions set:
      Find what:
      (?<=REZERO SERVO).

      Change to:
      RE-ZERO DRIVE

      with the condition selected in the Change Format: field. I hit the Find button and the cursor finds the correct position, but when I hit Change, the text isn’t added but the condition is applied to the space where the cursor is blinking.

      If I enter a space in either the Find what: or Change to: fields, the RE-ZERO DRIVE text will be entered. But I don’t want any added spaces, because this is conditional text.

      Any suggestions?

      Missy

    • October 24, 2013 at 9:35 am #65938
      Missy
      Member

      *Correction* If I enter a space after the Find what: (?<=REZERO SERVO) it will work, but will add that space.

    • October 24, 2013 at 9:52 am #65939
      Missy
      Member

      The only way I can see that I can accomplish this is if I first search for REZERO SERVO and add a hair space to the text, then do the above GREP. Seems like you just can’t do it without a space of some sort?

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