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[G-Z] Finds any uppercase character except A through F

PowerFind Pro Replace Expressions

If a metacharacter or expression has a unique match then it can be used in constructing

replacement patterns. If a metacharacter is not allowed in a particular context, Nisus Writer

Express will not let you select it from the menu in PowerFind. No such restriction applies when

using PowerFind Pro.

Deﬁnitions in Nisus Writer Express

Item What it Defines

Alphabetic Characters

All characters in the range Aa through Zz plus all the 4 and 1 4 alphabetics

(all modified alphabetics European languages use). Modified alphabetics are also

called Diacriticals, sometimes called “delayed strike” characters;

Alphanumeric Characters

All alphabetics and digits 0 through 9, Control Characters, ASCII (Unicode) code

characters 0-12 and 14-31 (these are “non-printing” characters);

Word Any combination of alphanumeric characters (from as few as one character to

extremely long strings) surrounded by non-alphanumeric characters.

Advanced exercises, or more examples of putting PowerFind to use

These examples explain useful expressions in PowerFind Pro. You can use them as helpful tools for

preparing documents as well as for developing more complex user-defined expressions.

Swap the sequence of words

Swap any two consecutive words even if they are separated by a Return or a tab, use the Find

expression (\m\w+\M)(\s+)(\m\w+\M) and Replace expression \3\2\1. In this example, “report

status” replaces “status report.” Here’s what the characters mean

Character What it Means

(\m\w+\M) Finds a whole word (as defined above)

(\s+) Finds any sequence of blank characters such as spaces, tabs, or Returns

\3 Represents the third parenthesized expression which is the second of the two

words found

\2 Finds whatever the second parenthesized expression (\s+) matches

\1 Finds the first parenthesized expression which is the first of the two words

Find any and/or all words that begin and end with speciﬁed characters

You can find any or all words that begin and end with characters you specify. For example all words

that share the same prefix and suffix (such as “preparation” and “prestidigitation”). The example

\m(a)([^\s]*)(d)\M finds every word that begins with “a” and ends with “d” from “ad” through “and”

to “ampersand.”

Character What it Means

( and ) Expression delimiters, useful if you later want to manipulate the three segments of

the words

\m Finds the beginning of a word

a Not a metacharacter, but here it represents the character or string of characters

that must appear at the beginning of the word

[^\s]* Finds any string of characters that is not a space (the middle of the word which

doesn’t even need to exist)

d Not a metacharacter, but here it represents the character or string of characters

that must appear at the end of the word

Change multiple periods to ellipses

The following expression finds sequences of two or more periods that follow an alphabetic or a space

and replaces them with an ellipsis “…”. It then removes a space preceding any ellipsis.

1. Find ([[:alpha:]]\s)(\.\.+) Replace \1…

2. Find (\s)(…) Replace \2

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