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How do you set up a find and replace GREP string to find in your document any line of copy (separated by 2 hard returns) that consist of a 'zero, space, wildcard word(s), hard return?

In the attached image it needs to find the:

0 civil

0 civil & criminal

but leave the:

4 criminal

1 cease & desist

2 pre action

Essentially, I'm trying to automate the deletion of any line of copy that has a zero value. (I have close on a hundred of these docs to edit) Any ideas?

Thanks JK

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Try this:
Find:

^0.+\v

Replace by nothing.

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    Could you break down the code a bit for me: what does it mean, what is it telling indesign to do? Thanks again.
    – JKCapeTown
    Commented Jan 30, 2018 at 14:03
  • Sure...^ means beginning of the paragraph, then 0 (zero) then any characters repeating (.+) and finally vertical space (\v). That includes soft and hard returns.
    – Vinny
    Commented Jan 30, 2018 at 14:09
  • You're very welcome
    – Vinny
    Commented Jan 30, 2018 at 14:17
  • Vinny, I hope you're online. Can you help me again? I have a text box with a hundred odd phrases listed, each on a new line separated by a hard return. I'd like to insert a " at the beginning and end of each phrase? Clever GREP solution for this? Thanks.
    – JKCapeTown
    Commented Jun 26, 2018 at 9:03
  • @JKCapeTown You should start a new question
    – Vinny
    Commented Jun 26, 2018 at 14:09

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