GREP Exclude characters

[manuelb27477138]

Hello!

In my text the letter g means glossary. 

And I need DELETE all paragraph contains only numbers.  I mean, I need keep the paragraph if contain the cross references like the letter g and (See...)

Here you can see in color PINK the paragraph I need delete.

here is my code, but I don't know how can I EXCLUDE the other paragraph.

replaceTextUsingGREP ("+(\\d[–\\d, -]*\\d?) *","\r");
function replaceTextUsingGREP (input, output) { 
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; 
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = input;
    app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = output;
    var changedResults = app.activeDocument.changeGrep();
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; 
}

Thanks so much!

[Marc Autret · Accepted solution]

Hi Manuel,

I would suggest you use a negative lookahead to filter those "g" and "(See…" patterns.

For example:

replaceTextUsingGREP("^(?!.+ (g|\\(See [^)]+\\)),? \\d).+ \\d[\\d, -]*\\r", "");
// ...

The pattern /^(?!.+ (g|\(See [^)]+\)),? \d).+ \d[\d, -]*\r/ can be thought as follows:

@+

Marc

[manuelb27477138]

Hi Marc,

very kindness, for the explanation.

Thanks so much are working fantastic!