Grep help please

[danielw42205661]

Having a problem trying to apply bold char style to instances of text between parenthesis and quotations e.g ("xyz")

Grep expression I've used is: (?<=\(“).*(?=”\))

It works partially but when there is more than one instance in a paragraph it is not working as intended and highlights more than intended. Screenshot below showing this situation. Can someone please tell me what expression should be used to correct this? Thanks.

[jmlevy · Accepted solution]

Change your GREP query to this one:

(?<=\(“).+?(?=”\)) instead of *

In English, it should be “one or more times (shortest match)”

[danielw42205661]

Thanks!

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@danielw42205661 

GREP, by default, is "greedy".

"?" in @jmlevy reply makes it "non-greedy" / "lazy" - so GREP will be looking for the "shortest match".

[danielw42205661]

Thanks Robert, good to know 🙂