grep question, apply bold

[JonathanArias]

Hi, i am trying to apply my BOLD character style to "Figure 1" in my copy. and i set the code to the below. as in apply bold to any word Figure and whatever number(s) is next to it. but this is not correct, what am i doing wrong?

[SJRiegel]

If you always have a space after the word Figure, then all you need is Figure \d+

But keep in mind that if you want your parentheses to also be bold, you will need \(Figure \d+\)

[jmlevy]

No, your regex is incorrect. What you have written is: apply bold to the word Figure if it is followed by a digit (or more). Try this:

Figure\s\d+

It means the word Figure, followed by one space and one or more digits

[Jongware]

jmlevy  wrote

No, your regex is incorrect. What you have written is: apply bold to the word Figure if it is followed by a digit (or more).

Actually it's just "Figure" when followed by one of more plain d's (also without any space). So it'd match "Figured" and "Figureddd" but not "Figure 2" or "Figure2".

[JonathanArias]

that did it.  so if i want to say to that however to also look for the word "Table" and "box" the code will be:

Table|Box|Figure\s\d+

correct? because "|" means "or"

[JonathanArias]

just tried that last code and "Box" goes bold, but not the number next to it:

[SJRiegel · Accepted solution]

(Table|Box|Figure)\s\d+

You need to put your three variations within parentheses, otherwise it will find just the word Table, just the word Box, or the word Figure followed by a space and one or more digits.

[JonathanArias]

BINGO!

[JonathanArias]

how would you tackle adjusting that code if there is a letter instead of a number and if there was two letters, like the two below circumstances? i have "Figure 2A" and "Figure 2B-C"

[SJRiegel]

You can add the following to the existing code - it will catch these instances along with the plain number ones

\u?–?\u?

Your full code will look like this: 

(Table|Box|Figure)\s\d+\u?–?\u?

Just make sure that the dash or hyphen you use in the code is the same one that you used in your text. (In this usage, should be an n-dash)