How to remove the bracket in strings like "(2003)" using ultraedit and regular expressions?

Question

I am going the remove the bracket for strings like "(1978)", "(2003)" in ultraedit. Actually I know how to locate these strings using a regular expression:$\d{4}$, but I don't know how to remove the bracket. Any help would be appreciated.

install perl on your system, and execute this: perl -pi -e 's!$\d+$!$1/g' filename — Miguel Prz, Aug 03 '13 at 08:09

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '13 at 08:08

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Find following pattern:

\((\d{4})\)

and replace that with:

^1

See Regular expression for Ultraedit

^1

Numerical reference to tagged expressions. Text matched with tagged expressions may be used in Replace commands with this format.

^1 corresponds to \1 or $1 (backreference) in other regular expression engines.

answered Aug 03 '13 at 08:08

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Thanks, I managed to work it out with your suggestion, but it seems you are using the `perl engine` in ultraedit? And I used `$1` rather than `^1`. All in all, really appreciate your help. – zeno tsang Aug 03 '13 at 10:22

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 03 '13 at 08:07

You should be able to define a capture group in your regular expression like this:

\((\d{4})\)

Note the unescaped parentheses. You can then use the captured text in the replacement string using \1 or $1. I'm not sure which of those two UltraEdit uses; try them both and see what works.

How to remove the bracket in strings like "(2003)" using ultraedit and regular expressions?

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