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app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeFootnotes = true;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeHiddenLayers = true;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = true;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = true;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = “(\[*\\d{1,2}|\[~8{3}\])/(\[*\\d{1,2}|\[~8{3}\])/(\[*\\d{4}|\[~8{3}\])”;
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = “$1@@$2@@$3″;
app.changeGrepPreferences.underline = true;
app.changeGrep();
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;

I found that it can work with Find/Change Box in Grep but not with the java script, why??

I have this code that “applies style to any character between and including the pipes (\x{07c})”

(\x{07c})(.+)(\x{07c})

Works fine.

But, the PROBLEM: I can’t get it to let me specify any character within this: not a letter, not a caret….nothing. Any ideas on how to do this?

Basically, I have a normal paragraph that includes examples of HL7 messages. Like this. For example, |AB^Abbott^^^MVX|

WHY: In my full samples of Code (separate Code paragraph style) I have the Carets=red, the Pipes=green, etc…. I’m trying to duplicate this, but I need it to only be between the pipes because these characters also exist in the paragraphs independently not as a coded sample.

In general, I would recommend asking questions on our forum instead of a particular blog post. (Click forums in the nav bar up above. You’ll need to have a free membership to post.) You’ll still need to “escape” those special character with backslashes, but more people will see it there.

then lists the ingredients and after the last one, ends with:

The same goes for multiple paragraphs of text – codes at beginning and end of multiple paragraphs, not each one.

I am trying to figure out if it’s possible to format these easily. I tried:

(?<=).*?(?=)

but it only recognizes the first line. It seems the end paragraph mark messed things up. Any advice you can offer will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

To find your specific word inside parentheses-but-excluding-them, don’t use the wildcards but simply enter the to-be-found text:

(?<=\()EX GST(?=\))

for example: (EX GST)?

I can’t figure out how to make a grep code for this one.