#1 : 19/11-23 10:24 Narayan
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I have file names that end with the following pattern:
<string1> - <string2> - <string3> press I wanted to remove the " - <string3> press" part at the end. I tried to use the "Remove Pattern" rule, and specified the following string: - *press In normal mode, the file names are not affected at all. In RegEx mode, AR ends up removing " - <string2> - <string3> press" because of greedy matching. How do I force the RegEx engine to match in lazy mode? I tried adding a ? to force lazy mode, like this: - *?press But it did not change the result. Please help! |
#2 : 19/11-23 18:24 Miguel
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Reply to #1: Hi.
Try this . Text to be replaced: ^(.+)-.+$ Replace with: $1 Occurrence : All Use regular expressions Aply to name I hope that work |
#3 : 19/11-23 18:59 Narayan
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Reply to #2:
Thanks for the rapid solution! It works. That said, is there a formula to force lazy mode in RegEx? It would be nice to know that method for future needs. |