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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