Re: [libreoffice-users] Find and replace — regular expressions

On 27 October 2013 18:50, Tim Lloyd <tim.lloyd@gmx.com> wrote:
> unless I am reading this wrong - Yes!
>
> Position yourself anywhere in a doc.
>
> Find and Replace
> Search for XXX
> Replace with YYY
> Press "Replace All"
>
> All occurrences of XXX should be replaced by YYY
>
> If you press "replace" it will only look forward and then ask you whether to
> check the rest of the doc.

I think you read my question incorrectly.

Specifically, I am able to use regular expressions to search for a one
to many-digit number:
\d*
But I want to leave the number (whatever it may be) in place and
insert a tab immediately after it. I expected I should be able to use:
\1\t
but LO is interpreting the \1 *literally* instead of as a backreference.

:-(


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T. R. Valentine
A rich heart may be under a poor coat.

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