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Regular expressions to find and replace
Thread poster: EstefaniaAlbert
EstefaniaAlbert
EstefaniaAlbert
Argentina
Local time: 06:29
English to Spanish
Sep 17, 2021

Hello!
I need help with regular expressions in Trados to find and replace.
I would like to:
- replace a decimal point with a decimal comma. That means to change only the dots that are between numbers (e.g. not final dots).
- replace regular space with a non-breaking space between a number and its unit symbol.

Can anybody help me creating the two expressions?

Thanks!!
 
Stepan Konev
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Russian Federation
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For example Sep 17, 2021

Find what: ([0-9])\.([0-9])
Replace with: $1,$2

Find what: ([0-9])\s([A-z])
Replace with: $1 $2

*To put a nbsp between $1 and $2, press and hold left Alt and type 0160 on your numpad, then release Alt.
 
Stepan Konev
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Russian Federation
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Also make sure you have this option set Sep 17, 2021

Sometimes it helps.2021-09-18_0234051

Elena Feriani
expressisverbis
Alexa Golova
 
EstefaniaAlbert
EstefaniaAlbert
Argentina
Local time: 06:29
English to Spanish
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Thank you sooo much! Sep 18, 2021

Stepan Konev wrote:

Find what: ([0-9])\.([0-9])
Replace with: $1,$2

Find what: ([0-9])\s([A-z])
Replace with: $1 $2

*To put a nbsp between $1 and $2, press and hold left Alt and type 0160 on your numpad, then release Alt.


Thank you so very much! This helps me a lot and saves me so much time! Both expressions work perfectly.
Regarding the Trados option, it doesn't help me when, for example, I copy the source. And I tend to copy the source when I have many numbers! Hehehe

Stepan Konev
Elena Feriani
 
Anthony Rudd
Anthony Rudd

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Regex Sep 19, 2021

Please do not write [A-z] to match alphabetic characters; this range also includes some non-alphabetic characters, such as [ \ ]. Use instead [A-Za-z] or \p{L}.
 
Stepan Konev
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Good notice. Thank you Sep 19, 2021

Anthony Rudd wrote:
Please do not write [A-z] to match alphabetic characters; this range also includes some non-alphabetic characters, such as [ \ ]. Use instead [A-Za-z] or \p{L}.
True, but this situation is very uncommon. And even when you have a number before \, [, or ], most probably you want to stick them together.
It is ok to have [ 90 ] in your text.
It is not ok to have [ 90
]



[Edited at 2021-09-19 17:04 GMT]
 
EstefaniaAlbert
EstefaniaAlbert
Argentina
Local time: 06:29
English to Spanish
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Thank you! Sep 20, 2021

Anthony Rudd wrote:

Please do not write [A-z] to match alphabetic characters; this range also includes some non-alphabetic characters, such as [ \ ]. Use instead [A-Za-z] or \p{L}.


Thank you for this modification! I do work with texts that have, for example, "300 [M+H]", in which shouldn't be a non breaking space between 300 and [.
Thank you very much for your help.
 
youla
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I cannot make this work... Dec 3, 2021

I put the following expression in the "Find" text box exactly as it is below, as Stepan explained it:

([0-9])\.([0-9])

I used all brackets, backslash etc., but no results, although there were some in front of my eyes. I tried with and without brackets, with and without the backslash, still no results. I still use Studio 2017, maybe this is the reason?

Thank you in advance!

(P.S. I cannot post a screenshot for some reason. Everything is against ... See more
I put the following expression in the "Find" text box exactly as it is below, as Stepan explained it:

([0-9])\.([0-9])

I used all brackets, backslash etc., but no results, although there were some in front of my eyes. I tried with and without brackets, with and without the backslash, still no results. I still use Studio 2017, maybe this is the reason?

Thank you in advance!

(P.S. I cannot post a screenshot for some reason. Everything is against me today!) ▲ Collapse
 
Francesco Varotto
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Check box Dec 3, 2021

@youla
Have you checked the box to find Regular expressions in the Find and replace window?
 
Stepan Konev
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Russian Federation
Local time: 12:29
English to Russian
Use regex checkbox Dec 3, 2021

youla wrote:

I put the following expression in the "Find" text box exactly as it is below, as Stepan explained it:

([0-9])\.([0-9])

I used all brackets, backslash etc., but no results, although there were some in front of my eyes. I tried with and without brackets, with and without the backslash, still no results. I still use Studio 2017, maybe this is the reason?

Thank you in advance!

(P.S. I cannot post a screenshot for some reason. Everything is against me today!)
Make sure you check the Use regex box.
 
youla
youla
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Regular expressions box? Dec 13, 2021

Francesco Varotto wrote:

@youla
Have you checked the box to find Regular expressions in the Find and replace window?


Sorry for the late reply, I just saw your answer, I was expecting an email notification not did not get one.

Can you please post a screenshot? I cannot see this option in Studio 2017.

Thank you!
 
youla
youla
Local time: 12:29
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Regex? Dec 13, 2021

Stepan Konev wrote:

youla wrote:

I put the following expression in the "Find" text box exactly as it is below, as Stepan explained it:

([0-9])\.([0-9])

I used all brackets, backslash etc., but no results, although there were some in front of my eyes. I tried with and without brackets, with and without the backslash, still no results. I still use Studio 2017, maybe this is the reason?

Thank you in advance!

(P.S. I cannot post a screenshot for some reason. Everything is against me today!)
Make sure you check the Use regex box.


Sorry Stepan, I just saw this, no notification came.

I ticked the "Check regular expressions" Box in QA and saw the examples listed there (actually I clicked to see what they were and they were added and I cannot remove them)...

This project I am working on has come to me from a translation office, so I will pass the issue on to them.

Thank you anyway for your time and suggestions!
 
Stepan Konev
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Russian Federation
Local time: 12:29
English to Russian
Screenshot Dec 13, 2021

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