GREP solution last word?

Hi Gang,

How would you make a GREP to find the last word in the paragraph in order to italicize it?

Best,

Mike in Washington DC

Correct answer Peter Kahrel

[-\w]+[[:punct:]]+?$

i.e. string of word characters or hyphen, maybe followed by punctuation, at the end of a paragraph ($)

Or [-\w]+(?=[[:punct:]]+?$) if you want to capture just the word, not the end punctuation.

Peter

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[-\w]+[[:punct:]]+?$

i.e. string of word characters or hyphen, maybe followed by punctuation, at the end of a paragraph ($)

Or [-\w]+(?=[[:punct:]]+?$) if you want to capture just the word, not the end punctuation.

Peter

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Thanks Peter:

It works! Mostly. It does not like the final paragraph, though, which closes with a double quote.

Tell me, Peter, what does the initial - sign mean?

Mike Witherell

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Your second version covers everything nicely! This is based on a question from a student in my classroom today. Thanks for the help!

Mike Witherell

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