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grudgemom
grudgemom
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July 30, 2018
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Escaping special characters in FindChangeByList

  • July 30, 2018
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Hi folks!

I'm having some trouble with my FindChangeByList and want to be sure I'm doing it correctly.

I'm trying to find a text string "$U.S."

In my FindChangeByList file I have escaped the special characters as "\$U\.S\." but it still does not find the string.

Same for the characters $ ( ) . ' -

Just a \ in front of each, right? So why isn't it working?

Thanks!

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Correct answer Laubender

Escape the escapes as well :-)

"\\$U\\.S\\."

Regards,
Uwe

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L
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LaubenderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
July 30, 2018

Escape the escapes as well :-)

"\\$U\\.S\\."

Regards,
Uwe

grudgemom
grudgemomAuthor
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July 31, 2018

Partially correct. I thought you were out of your mind but the double escape is what works. BUT I don't actually need to escape . ' - just $ and ( ). Thank you!

L
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LaubenderCommunity Expert
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July 31, 2018

Oh. You need to escape the dots.

Otherwise you could find something like $USSR ;-)

I'm kidding, but remember: A simple dot stands for any character in GREP land.

Reards,
Uwe

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