Re: removing periods from a list of numbers

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In article <1123858131.455266.225100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<fogharty@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have several documents that contain tables, with each row heading
> numbered anywhere from 1-30 (not automatically numbered). I would like
> to find a find and replace that will remove the period . after each
> number so that:
> 1.
> 2.
> 10.
> 30.
> becomes
> 1
> 2
> 10
> 30
>
> I can do a wildcard search [0-9](.) and that will find the . and the
> preceeding number, but I can't find a "Replace with" that will work.

find ([0-9]).
replace \1
(It looks like you put the parentheses around the wrong thing.)
Replace all then removes every . that follows a digit and leaves other
..'s alone. The \n syntax replaces the expression in the nth () with
whatever value was found.
I confirmed this in v.X
Sorry, but I don't have 98 to test it there.

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