Grep help

Question

I have a document with a lot of "Motion X" in it, and am trying to do a big find and replace.

I dont have a good handle on grep and have done the expression "Motion\s\d*" which does work, but it is also including text such as "Motion carried / lost". Example below.

I just want to restrict it to finding the word "Motion", then a space and then a number after it (could be 1 to 3 digits).

I did play around with using square brackets but that didn't seem to help. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Laubender · Accepted Answer

Hi @danielw42205661 ,the * od d  means zero or more digits. You could try also this:Motion\s\d{1,}Which means one or more digits in a row. You could restrict the maximum number of digits in a row if you add a second number after the comma. Or you could change the first number to 2 if you want to find only a minimum of two digits in a row. Regards,Uwe Laubender( Adobe Community Professional )

Eugene Tyson · Answer

Are you trying to replace the word Motion? Motion\s\d+? If you want to replace just the word MotionMotion(\s\d+?)Change toNew Word$1 Does it ever have Motion 1.01 (with decimals)?

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