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Hi all,
I'm having trouble getting regular expressions to work properly in
replacements. I feel like I must be missing some obvious thing...
perhaps someone can recognize what is amiss.
I am using MarcEdit 5.2.3649.36949 on Windows XP Professional.
Microsoft's ConfChecker utility says I have MDAC 2.8.
The MarcEdit documentation says:
Using the Replace Function, this same expression would be written like:
In the Find Text Textbox: ab
In the Replace With Textbox: \01xx
Check the Use Regular Expression option
I added this field to each record in my file to test:
=999 $aaabbcc $bxxyyzz
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Test 1
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I go to Tools > Edit subfield data.
I unclick Match case
I click Use regular expression
In Field, I type:
999
In Subfield, I type:
b
In Field data, I type:
yy
In Replace with, I type:
\01pp
(I make sure "use regular expressions" is checked --- it is!)
I click "Replace Text"
I expect my $b to be changed to:
xxyyppzz.
My $b is ACTUALLY:
xx\01ppzz
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Test 1b
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All of the above is left the same EXCEPT:
I change Field Data to:
(yy)
My $b is still:
xx\01ppzz
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Test 1c
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I revert Field Data to:
yy
I change Replace with to:
\1pp
My $b becomes:
xx\1ppzz
I tried the same things in the plain Replace tool (Ctl-R).
I also tried a number of other different things, based on the Grouping
Constructs documentation provided by Microsoft. Nothing worked.
I've included the above because they are pretty much identical to what
the MarcEdit docs say should work (unless I'm missing something
obvious). Any ideas why this isn't working for me?
Thanks!
-Kristina
Kristina Spurgin
E-Resources Cataloger | E-Resources & Serials Management
UNC Chapel Hill | CB#3938, Davis Library | Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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