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GREP: how to find "th" "rd" "nd" after a number?

I need to filter all the "th" "rd" "nd" after a number in a story to apply the Superscript character style to them.

I tried "\n" (any number) followed by "th" (all without quotes), but it didn't work.

Tried separating them with commas "\n,th" or with braces, brackets [\n]th {\n}th but no luck.

What am I missing here?

Could you also suggest a handbook for GREP?

Thank you

Correct answer Willi Adelberger

Add \> to the GREP

(?<=\d)(st|nd|rd|th)\>

Community Expert

This should work

(?<=\d)(st|nd|rd|th)

(it also includes “st” for 1st)

Inspiring

This is better but it also finds me the instance "1910 they" because there is a number before th.

Could we refine this so that there is no space between the number and the letters?

Community Expert

Add \> to the GREP

Community Expert

Try the following

(?<=\d)(?:th|rd|nd)

-Manan

Inspiring

This finds no match ...

Community Expert

Did you spcify a Character Style?

How? Show us the character settings.

Show us the GREP PANEL inside the paragraph style.

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