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Mez
Qrew Captain
26 days ago
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Using RegexReplace()

Does this function support capturing groups, and if yes, how does one access the captured data? 

Intent is to use a this function looking for punctuation from a text field, and then add a new line to this. 

regex: ([.!?])\s*

substitution: $1\n

Documentation doesn't state one way or the other. I've tried escaping the new line value without success. Perhaps I'm just missing something simple. 

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  • Can you give an example of the before and after results you are looking for?

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      Mez
      Qrew Captain

      Sure. If capturing is supported for this formula, I would like, rather expect that we could invoke the variable nomenclature of $1 to refer to it. It does not appear to be supported. 

      Since the substitution or replace input is a string and you have to escape certain characters I tried "\\n" to  create a newline - no luck; tried to refer to the capture variable - $1 - highlights as yellow - not supported

      RegexReplace( [Notes text], "([.!?])\\s*", $1&"\\n")

      Looks like this might be an enhancement request. 

      *edit: for some reason the solution isn't showing in the thread; posting here. Access captured data with \1, which has to be escaped. 

      RegexReplace( [Notes text], "([.!?])\\s*", "\\1\n")