grep with multiple requests

[stefanofe]

imagine this pattern:
15. October
16. November
17. December

always a two-digit number... a period, space, and a word (month)

how do I find recurrences with grep? I'd like to take advantage of the grep styles.

Individually I can, but how do you say "in addition to the number also find me a point and then a space and then a text"?

I don't understand how to add requests... if I put them below it doesn't work

[stefanofe]

/d/d./s(January, |February, |March, |April, |May, |Juni, |July)

... is right?

[jmlevy]

Try this 

\d\d\.\s(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)

Bit didn't you get a few days ago an answer for this question?

[stefanofe]

yes I just added the comma and the space to my "big problem". What I found on the grep does not apply literally in indesign. Where can I find examples? They're not that clear on the manual... for example they talk about multi-straight and do not explain the concrete result of this. I found a test for the online grep, but it's not exactly the indesign grep, because it has variations in the syntax. Although the tool is powerful I do not find it very intuitive. For now, I would need examples. If I found a list of examples it would be easier for me.

[jmlevy]

Just google “InDesign grep” and you will find a looooot of resources!

[Jongware]

If you have a GREP expression and you want to see how ot works, try my WhatTheGrep script: http://www.jongware.com/idgrephelp.html

There are some complicated expressions that befuddle it but for basic expressions it works flawless. It can also point out possible mistakes.

[Manan Joshi · Accepted solution]

How about the following

\d{2}.\s\w+

-Manan

[stefanofe]

beautiful this last intervention and very synthetic - I loved it, but this research also finds the texts "21, 1" while modified so it works: \d{1,}\. \w+