Regex tricks

Microsoft Word

Find unpunctuated text: ([A-z ]{1,}) Find unpunctuated text with curly brackets: ([A-z \{\}]{1,}) Find punctuated text inside square brackets: \[[a-z,A-Z,0-9 \.\/\,\:]{1,}\]

Paragraph wrap

Find “paragraph 9(i)(a),” and wrap with prov tag:

Find: Paragraph ([0-9\(\)][!.,; ]{1,})
Replace: Paragraph {{nycsaprov|\1}}

If your numbering schema has full stops in it try this:

Find: Clause ([0-9\(\).][!,; ]{1,})
Replace: Clause {{ietaprov|\1}}

Indenting wikified autonumbering

• In a word doc, make all your numbering reveal every level (eg “13(c)(vii)(B)” with the ferocity of a US securities lawyer. you can do this in the “Define Multilevel Lists” dialogue.
• Copy your whole doc into a text-only email. It will faithfully convert all those numbers to text. You will lose the indenting. We will put it back.
• Switch on Use wildcards in the replace dialogue.

Find: ^13([0-9]{1,}\([a-z,A-Z,0-9]{1,}\)\([a-z,A-Z,0-9]{1,}\)\([a-z,A-Z,0-9]{1,}\))
Replace: ^13:::\1

Then

Find: ^13([0-9]{1,}\([a-z,A-Z,0-9]{1,}\)\([a-z,A-Z,0-9]{1,}\))
Replace: ^13::\1

Then

Find: ^13([0-9]{1,}\([a-z,A-Z,0-9]{1,}\))
Replace: ^13:\1

Sorted.

EVEN BETTER THAN THAT: In the define multilevel dialogue, add the necessary number of indenting colons into the actual word numbering

Tagging everything coloured blue

1. search and destroy

• double spaces
• Fields (ctrl-shift-F9)
• bookmarks - there's a cool macro for this:

Sub RemoveAllBookmarks()

    Dim objBookmark As bookmark

    For Each objBookmark In ActiveDocument.Bookmarks

        objBookmark.Delete

    Next

End Sub

1. . Clear out all blue dashes - replace them with xxx
2. . Clear out all blue apostrophes - replace them with yyy
3. . Clear ot all blue spaces - replace them with qqq (this won't do the ones either side of the blue phrase)

• Find: ([A-Z][a-z]{1,}) ([A-Z][a-z]{1,}) (use wildcards, font colour: blue)
• Replace: \1qqq/2

1. . Now your tags are all continuous blue strings. So brace them:

• Find: <(?{1,})> (use wildcards, font colour: blue)
• Replace: {{wikitag|\1}} (font colour blue)

Now restore spaces, apostrophes and dashes.

Mwah.

Mediawiki

Any character and page blanking

To blank a page, first convert all newlines to <br>s:

/\n/  ==> <br>

Then convert all text (which now won’t include newlines):

.{1,} ==> {{jcpull}}

Newmanualising

/{{manual\|DEQ\|2002\|([A-z 1234567890. ’()]{1,}).{1,}/ ==> {{edqmanual|$1}}

Search destroy

Convert a fullanat2 into an ISDA anat:

Find /\{\{fullanat2\|isda\|([^]]*)\|2002\|[^]]*\|1992\}\}/ 
Replace{{isdaanat|$1}}

Delete a redundant Equity Derivative Nuts:

Find: /\{\{eqderivanat\|([0-9]*.[0-9]*\([a-z]*\))}}/ 
/\{\{nuts\|Equity Derivatives\|[0-9]*.[0-9]*\([a-z]*\)\}\}/  
Replace: {{eqderivanat|$1}}