This pattern works on the sample text. Replacing the \b with an optional space.
(?=^.{42,}$)(.{,23}\b[,.:;"!?]? ?)(.*)\n
[fletcher]
> On Apr 8, 2025, at 8:53 AM, Otto Munters <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I took the word break (\b) away, the grep is now:
> (?=^.{42,}$)(.{0,23}[,.:;"!?]*\b)(.*)
> Still the same error. Tried many variations, still not working. Pff.
>
> Op dinsdag 8 april 2025 om 15:30:11 UTC+2 schreef Neil Faiman:
>> Your first capture group matches
>> a string of no more than 23 characters
>> that is followed by a word break
>> optionally followed by a punctuation mark
>> that is followed by a word break
>>
>> You expect this to match
>> “They get rid of things” (22 characters)
>> Which is followed by a word break (between the letter “s” and the non-letter
>> “,”)
>> And the following punctuation mark (comma)
>> Which is followed be a word break — and there is the error. Neither the
>> comma nor the following space is a letter, so the comma is not followed by a
>> word break.
>>
>> Instead, it matches
>> “They get rid of things” (22 characters)
>> Which is followed by a word break (between the letter “s” and the non-letter
>> “,”)
>> Not the comma, which is OK, because the punctuation mark is optional
>> Followed by a word break — still the same word break between “s” and “,”.
>>
>> So the first capture group matches up to, but not including, the comma.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Neil Faiman
>>
>>> On Apr 8, 2025, at 5:09 AM, Otto Munters <[email protected] <>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Error in regex for BBedit:
>>> What is wrong in this regex?
>>> (?=^.{42,}$)(.{,23}\b[,.:;"!?]?\b)(.*)
>>>
>>> problem: the comma is also moved with capture group 2, it should stay with
>>> capture group 1
>>>
>>> Example, whole sentence to be split in two parts:
>>> They get rid of things, very simple clothing.
>>>
>>> regex with error returns:
>>> 1st line: They get rid of things
>>> 2nd line: , very simple clothing.
>>>
>>> should be:
>>> 1st line: They get rid of things,
>>> 2nd line: very simple clothing.
>>>
>>
>
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