Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer- find and replace a number

Perfect!  Thank you!

Peter
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*From:* Eyal Rozenberg [mailto:eyalroz1@gmx.com]
*Subject:* [libreoffice-users] Writer- find and replace a number
*Date:* Friday, June 30, 2023 at 5:50 PM
*To:* users@global.libreoffice.org, .

> 1. Open the "Find and Replace" dialog (e.g. with Ctrl+H).
> 2. Check the "Regular Expressions" checkbox in the lower part of the 
> dialog
> 3. Enter a regular expression which will match numbers: [0-9]+ (with
> the plus sign!).
> 4. Enter the replacement text you want (you can use $1 in the
> replacement string to get the number that was matched)
> 5. Press "Find Next" and then possibly "Replace" or "Replace All" as
> appropriate
>
> What does the regexp mean? It means "One or more occurrences of a
> character from the sequence 0-9". For more about regular expressions,
> see for example: https://www.sitepoint.com/learn-regex/
>
> Hope that helped,
> Eyal
>
>
> On 01/07/2023 0:26, . wrote:
> > How do I find and replace all numbers in Writer?
> >
> > What I'm trying to do is get rid of the numbers in a list.
> >
> > I have NO idea what they're talking about "regular expressions" and
> > can't figure out a wild card for numbers.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Peter


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