Search & replace: capture wildcard groups and set a bold formatting

alex100 · #4 02-24-2023, 09:21 AM

I would not want to open another thread just for this, so I have one more related question if you do not mind...

This RegEx matches one to ten uppercase words, divided by a space character and ending with a colon and space.

Code:

.Text = "([A-Z]@ ){1,10}[A-Z]@: "
.Replacement.Text = "> \1"

It works good as it is listed above, but when I try to enclose it between two parentheses (to capture the group), I get a 'not valid pattern expression' error. The code is this:

Code:

.Text = "(([A-Z]@ ){1,10}[A-Z]@: )"
.Replacement.Text = "> \1"

How should I write the wildcard pattern, please?

Alex

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