GREP: four tabs to Return

[einats17068109]

What is the GREP code that I need that every fourth tab becomes the end of a sentence?

[Title edited for clarity by moderator: was "GREP"]

[vladan saveljic]

for consecutives tabs without any character between them try this:

find:

(?<=\t{3})\t

change:

\r

[jane-e]

If the tabs are actually consecutive, do you need GREP? Why not a simple text search for four Tabs and replace with Return?

Find: ^t^t^t^t

Replace with: ^p

[Doug A Roberts]

perhaps because only the fourth tab needs to be replaced.

[jane-e]

Yes, maybe.

But I was thinking maybe the tabs aren't actually consecutive as assumed in the first response. Maybe because I can't think of any scenario where I would want

"tab tab tab return"

all together at the end of a sentence, possibly forcing a new blank line.

[Doug A Roberts]

now i'm wondering what 'end of a sentence' might specifically mean. four tabs becomes a full stop?

[jane-e]

Maybe  einats17068109   will come back and give us an example. There are several interpretations to this!

[einats17068109]

Hey,

I received a text from my client in Text without the end of a sentence.

Instead I have a number - tab - number - tab - number - tab - number -tab - number -tab.

I need that the fourth tab will be end Enter.

[winterm · Accepted solution]

Both your screens seem identical...

whatever, this regex will pick up the every fourth tab:

Find what: ([^\t]+\t){3}[^\t]+\K\t

Change to: \r

[einats17068109]

Thank you

[winterm]

You're welcome.

[Doug A Roberts]

Hi winterm,

What's \K for? i can't find a reference for it.

[winterm]

Hi,

The \K item is the variable-length lookbehind. It says "match everything before \K but don't capture it".

It was introduced in CS6.

Take a look here, from post 8, and further.

[Doug A Roberts]

wow, nice. gonna have to remember that.

[einats17068109]

You're right,

Sorry, here it is