GREP Find/Change Question

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    • August 23, 2016 at 7:52 am #87724
      gamouning
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      Hi,

      I’m looking for a simple way to remove ” – ” only when it appears at the end of a paragraph called Names. I use the following Find text:

      ( – )(\r)

      and use the following Replace text:

      $2

      Although, it removes the text. It also changes the paragraph style. Is there someway to fix this? Should I be using a GREP LookAhead or LookBeind expression instead?

      Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.

      -Greg

    • August 23, 2016 at 8:08 am #87725
      gamouning
      Member

      P.S. Some paragraphs contain text following ” – ” and I want to leave those paragraphs asis.

    • August 23, 2016 at 11:02 am #87738
      Ariel Walden
      Member

      Try searching for

      – $

      and replacing with nothing.

    • August 25, 2016 at 10:36 am #87815
      Masood Ahmad
      Participant

      Try this, you have to specify the name of the paragraph style in your Find Format options:

      GREP Find Change:
      Find what: (.)( - )$
      Find Format: Paragraph Style: Names
      Change to: $1

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