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Reorganize numbers/words inside punctuations

I have a text that is organized like this using punctuation “|” from the closest example:

hello: one|three|two|four|

or sometimes the form comes in numbers, not letters

hello: 1|3|2|4|

Is there a possibility to move words or numbers from the second position to the third or vice versa?

To became like this (respectively):

hello: one|**two**|**three**|four|
hello: 1|**2**|**3**|4|

I used “**” to mark the changes.

Solution

  • Find the following regular expression:

    hello: +(?:\w+\|){N}\K(\w+)\|(\w+)

    and replace with

    $2|$1

    where N is the number of words preceding the first one that you want to swap. In your example, N=1.

    Demo screenshot:

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    Be sure to have checked the "Regular expression" mode.