Please see the attachment for the question or see below:
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animals cat dog mouse fish (15-16)


animals dog cat mouse fish (15-16)


Find what:
(cat)|(dog)

Replace with:
\2 \1
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Blue is the original and red is the expected.
The Find What returns that nothing is found.

Attached Files

alternation_grouping.docx (15.3 KB, 9 views)

See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
There is no pipe in the string so searching for one is not going to find it.
Search instead for (cat) (dog)
Replace with
\2 \1

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Thanks for your reference.

It seems that in VBA both "|" and "()" are supported but not in Find what and Replace with.