Re: [libreoffice-users] using \t in regular expression replace

On 10/06/2012 05:09 PM, Cor Nouws wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was trying to use \t to replace e.g a paragraph ending with a tab.
> So find $ replace with \t
>
> That does not work.
> Nor in combination with ^ or \n  (one has to try something ;-) )
>
> I can replace e.a. an character with a tab though.
>
> This is the same in 3.3.4, 3.4.6, 3.5.7, 3.6.2.2
>
> (Testing on Ubuntu/Linux).
>
> So prolly I try something that can't be done (not directly anyway) or 
> something that should be done in a different way?
>
> thanks for replies,
> Cheers,
       At first I did not understand what you meant since paragraphs 
always end with paragraph breaks. Well they do, but that does not mean 
there has to be any punctuation at the end of the paragraph.
      Here is what I was able to do:  In the search box, I entered .$ 
(period followed by the dollar sign). This searches paragraphs that end 
with a period. In the Replace box, I entered \t. Clicking the Find and 
then Replace buttons changed the period to a tab. This is for 3.6.2.2.
     I think a possible problem is that you did not enter the ending 
punctuation for a paragraph. Probably this will only search for one type 
of punctuation mark at a time.
     HTH

--Dan

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