And you would be right, of course! Thanks!


>Antonio,
>
>Personally, I would use \d+ instead of \d* to make sure that there's at least one digit present
>
>>Pattern could be simpler, actually.
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>>? PATTERNTRAN("1st-title: ANAME-HER : 3520931 place[21~22]", "(\[\d*).(\d*\])","$1.$2")
>>? PATTERNTRAN("1st-title: ANAME-HER : 3520931 place[99 100]", "(\[\d*).(\d*\])","$1.$2")
>>? PATTERNTRAN("1st-title: ANAME-HER : 3520931 place[35-36]", "(\[\d*).(\d*\])","$1.$2")
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>>There is no need to identify the separator character as a group. Note that the dot in the pattern represents "any character except line breaks", but in the replacement string it corresponds to a real dot. Also, all matches are being replaced (this could be changed by setting differently the .Global property).
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>>For instance
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>>? PATTERNTRAN("foo foo bar", "foo","mars")
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>>Finally, a great resource to experiment with regular expressions: http://regexr.com/