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Matthew5C62
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July 1, 2023
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Help with easy GREP for find/change number ranges

  • July 1, 2023
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Looking for an easy way to change a hyphen between dates to a long dash. e.g. 1- to 1–, etc from 0-1.

But I don't want to change hyphens that appear between numbers in URLs, or between number and word (e.g. 21-year-old) Just dates, like 2001-2008 --> 2001–2008 and also between page ranges (

The Journal of Economic History, 43, no.1 (1983): 89-100. --> 

The Journal of Economic History, 43, no.1 (1983): 89–100.

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    Correct answer FRIdNGE

    … Excluding first Urls,

     

    Find: \d\K-(?=\d)

    Replace by: –

     

    (^/)  The Jedi

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    Manan JoshiCommunity Expert
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    July 1, 2023

    In the Find/Change Dialogs, Grep tab you can use the following

    Find What :- (\d{4}) - (\d{4})

    Change To :- $1 – $2

    -Manan

    -Manan
      FRIdNGE
      FRIdNGECorrect answer
      July 1, 2023

      … Excluding first Urls,

       

      Find: \d\K-(?=\d)

      Replace by: –

       

      (^/)  The Jedi

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        Matthew5C62Author
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        July 1, 2023
        Thanks, that works great. I need to learn GREP. Can you recommend any good tutorials/websites?
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