It isn't a complete solution, but if you search for \w'\w those will tend to the be apostrophes since paired quotes usually begin or end a word.
[fletcher] > On Sep 27, 2018, at 4:14 AM, Thomas Green <thosgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I need to find all lines that contain an odd number of single straight > quotes, such as > full_title: '_Acteon's Cantate Burlesque_' > > (Such lines upset the YAML parser.) > > I have tried searching for any number of pairs of quotes and then a single > quote: > ^([^']*'[^']*')*[^']*' > > > That is supposed to mean: > > find any number of chars that are not a quote > followed by a quote > followed by any number of chars that are not a quote > followed by a quote > all of that any number of times, followed by any number of chars that are not > a quote > followed by a quote > > That doesn't do the job: it just matches all the lines that contain at least > one quote. That surprised me, I thought the * character didn't match /r or > /n. So I tried this: > ^([^'\r\n]*'[^'\r\n]*')*[^'\r\n]*'[^'\r\n]*$ > That doesn't match anything at all. > > Does anyone have an easier way to do this? > > > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or need technical support, please email > "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit > <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit>> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com > <mailto:bbedit@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit > <https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit>. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
