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Old 06-22-2022, 03:53 AM
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To find generic words in a word document and surround them with square brackets I use the following macro and it works:


Code:
Sub test()
Dim rngDoc As Word.Range
Dim sArray As Variant, tArray As Variant
Dim i As Long
sArray = Array("ABCD.0001/0002/0003")
tArray = Array("ABCD.0001", "ABCD.0002", "ABCD.0003")

Set rngDoc = ActiveDocument.Range
For i = 0 To UBound(sArray)
    With rngDoc.Find
        .ClearFormatting
        .Text = sArray(i)
        .Replacement.Text = "ABCD.0001 ABCD.0002 ABCD.0003"
        .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
    End With
Next
For i = 0 To UBound(tArray)
    With rngDoc.Find
        .ClearFormatting
        .Text = tArray(i)
        .Replacement.Text = "[" & tArray(i) & "]"
        .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
    End With
Next
 End Sub
Is it possible to replace my tArray with an expression like "ABCD.[0-9]{4}" because my generic words can go from ABCD.0001 to ABCD.9999?
Thank you
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Perhaps:
Code:
Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim StrFnd As String, StrRep As String, i As Long, j As Long, k As Long
StrFnd = "([A-Z]{4}.)([0-9]{4})|([0-9]{4})|([0-9]{4})|([0-9]{4})|([0-9]{4})"
StrRep = "\1\2 \1\3 \1\4 \1\5 \1\6"
j = Len(Split(StrFnd, "|")(1)) + 1: k = Len(Split(StrRep, " ")(0)) + 1
With ActiveDocument.Range
  With .Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Format = False
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindContinue
    .MatchWildcards = True
    For i = UBound(Split(StrFnd, "|")) To 1 Step -1
      .Text = StrFnd
      .Replacement.Text = StrRep
      .Execute
      Do While .Found = True
        .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
      Loop
      StrFnd = Left(StrFnd, Len(StrFnd) - j): StrRep = Left(StrRep, Len(StrRep) - k)
    Next
    .Text = "[A-Z]{4}.[0-9]{4}"
    .Replacement.Text = "[^&]"
    .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
  End With
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
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Last edited by macropod; 06-22-2022 at 05:23 AM. Reason: Code revision for greater efficiency
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Old 06-22-2022, 10:38 PM
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Hello,
Your macro works
thank you very much
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