I'm searching for a tab at every end of a word. Something like \l\t now I want to replace the tab with a space.
How can I exchange the tab with a space without changing the word?
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Search for
(?<=\w)\t
and replace by a space (or \s )
FYI: This will strictly look for a tab placed after any word character.
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1Thanks! How is
(?<=\w)exactly working? How would it look like if I'm searching for a tab ahead of a word character?– MalteCommented Aug 31, 2017 at 13:06 -
(?<=xxx)yyy Is a positive lookbehind pattern. yyy is what you want to catch (\t stands for tab) and xxx is what must be placed before it (\w stands for word character) . Only yyy will be replaced, not what is between the brackets. \t(?=\w) would be the positive lookahead: it will catch tabs placed before any word character.– VinnyCommented Aug 31, 2017 at 13:29
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Yeah, I got that. But how could I find e.g. tabs ahead of a word? I've tried
\t(?<=\w)– That isn't the right syntax, isn't it?– MalteCommented Aug 31, 2017 at 13:34 -
1\t(?=\w) is what you need. But you don't neccesraly need to remember all those GREP patterns, you can use the search/replace window > GREP and click on the @ then Match. Finally choose between the suggested patterns. Just add the query after the =– VinnyCommented Aug 31, 2017 at 13:37
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1@Malte The
<is the bit that means ‘look backwards’, so if you're looking for things after a word, you don't want to include that.(?=)means look ahead;(?<=)means look back. Commented Aug 31, 2017 at 20:07