search and replace 1) and 2)...12)

Hi I have a doc that I need to replace a series of numbers with parens 1)
stuff 2) stuff.... 15) stuff etc

I want to replace the 1) ..15) with a 1, etc I tried using wild cards but
it will not let me work with the ) Any ideas how I can do this?

Thanks
Brent

"Brent" wrote:
Hi I have a doc that I need to replace a series of numbers with parens 1)
stuff 2) stuff.... 15) stuff etc

I want to replace the 1) ..15) with a 1, etc I tried using wild cards
but it will not let me work with the ) Any ideas how I can do this?


Hi Brent,

Since parentheses are used in wildcard matches to delimit groups, you have
to "escape" them with a backslash in "Find what":

Find what: (^13[0-9]{1,2})\)
Replace with: \1

I included the preceeding paragraph mark ^13 since else the expression might
match numbers in parentheses -- such as in bibliography entries like
"(Darwin 1859)".

Regards,
Klaus

If you don't want to include the paragraph mark, but want to make sure no
more than two numbers are matched, you can use the "beginning of word
anchor" :

Find what: ([0-9]{1,2})\)

Klaus