Forgive my ignorance in Grep but...

[noob1212121]

how do you search and remove numbers like dd.dd where the second digit string can be one or two in size? For example 

18.55

or 

18.5

[m1b · Accepted solution]

Grep:

(\b\d{2})\.\d{1,2}\b

Change to:

$1

- Mark

Edit: didn't read the question right at first!

[Eugene Tyson]

You want to go from 18.55

or 18.5

to 18

???

\d+\K\.\d{1,2}

[m1b]

@Eugene Tyson, that will also match part of longer digit strings, eg. in "1234.1234" it will match ".12". ( I did the same as you at first and at least you read the question correctly!) - Mark

[Eugene Tyson]

Oh silly me I didn't try with longer string. Only with sample provided and it worked for me. 

But perhaps it was too open ended. 

Nice work on the GREP - I would have gotten there. 

I don't use much but know a little to help out from time to time - usually there is a much neater way to do things than the way I approach them.

Thanks

[m1b]

Yeah Eugene, I'm the same. I give it a go, and then wait for the big kids to show me a *waaay* smarter approach. It's fun. 🙂

[noob1212121]

No. I got your first response and it is exacty what I needed, THANKS!

[Loic.Aigon]

Don't apologize, GREP is all but an easy subject (it actually becomes easier with a lot of practice). What matters is to keep learning 😉

Also don't hesitate in taking advantage of the GREP F/C dialog within InDesign and the shortcuts the dialog offers (see @ button):

Then you can copy-paste supplied code as a starter.

FWIW

Loic