GREP – Ignore

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- August 28, 2015 at 2:58 am #77656
  
  Chris Haynes
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  Hello all
  
  I would like to know how you can do a GREP search that would look for any white space ((Zero or More times)*?) but to ignore a Forced Line Break
  
  I tried \s*?^[\n] or \s*?^(\n) or \s*?^\n
  
  Any help much appreciated
- August 28, 2015 at 5:20 am #77657
  
  David Blatner
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  In the find/change dialog box, choose “Multiple Space to Single Space” from the Query popup menu. Then replace the {2,} with a + (for “one or more times”) or * (for zero or more times)
- August 28, 2015 at 5:32 am #77661
  
  Chris Haynes
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  Thanks David that would help me to solve the problem – However I have just had a Eureka moment …
  
  So my target was to define “find any white space except a forced line break” as part of a wider find / change:
  
  I want to find all instances of a pipe “|” and make sure that it is surrounded by a space on both sides – ” | ”
  I do not want to select a forced line break if there is one
  
  So I did this = (?<=.)\s*?\|\s*?(?=\n*\w) and replace with ” | “
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