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How do I use OR in PF?

I want to find uses of
o OR a followed by r
That is, I want to find all
…or…
and also all
…ar…


Using OR in PF I find all
o
and also all
ar


Regards,

Nelson Byrne

Not sure about powerfind, but in powerfind pro it is simple:

(o|a)r


the "|" is the "or" and the () group, so that the translation is "o" or "a" followed by "r"

-Steve

You could use a PowerFind capture to do the grouping Steve suggested, but really nothing so fancy is required here. Why not just use:

or(OR)ar

Where "(OR)" represents the PowerFind bubble for OR. Does that make sense?

Much simpler, Martin! I've forgotten how powerful powerfind is.

Steve

Thanks for the help, especially the capture.

Here's what I'd like to find:

(Line Separator U+2028
OR
Line feed U+000A)
followed by any characters in italics up to a Line feed


And on finding them I'd like to replace the initial character by a line feed and then assign a style to the italic characters and to their terminating line feed.

I'm working with a source that flags certain paragraphs in italic, but sometimes uses line separators and sometimes uses line feed.

Thanks in advance,

Nelson