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05-21-2015, 07:16 AM

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The wildcard '*' is a blunt instrument and should be treated with caution ... and you only need two pairs of brackets in the search string. I would have suggested

(Section )([0-9.]{3,})
replace with
\1[\2]

See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

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