Regular Expressions / Wildcards: [1990] --> (1990)

tinfanide · #1 08-10-2015, 07:54 AM

Supposed there are a few lines on a Word document.

Code:

[1990]File[US]
[1991]File[UK]
[1992]File[JP]

In Search & Replace, I typed:

Code:

Find:
\[[0-9]{4}\]
Replace:
???

I wonder what to input in Replace if I want to change [1990] to (1990), [1991] to (1991) and [1992] to (1992).

Any help is appreciated.

Robert2 · #2 08-10-2015, 10:29 AM

Try the following wildcard Find/Replace:
Find What: \[([0-9]{4})\]
Replace With: (\1)

tinfanide · #3 08-10-2015, 02:34 PM

#Robert2
It works like a charm.
Till today I have realised what (), \1 or \2 means. Many thanks!

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