How could I write "Get everything from beginning of string (\A) until carriage return character (\r)" and leave rest as is in regex? I would like to use this in InDesign's GREP feature to style the first paragraph of a text box (before a carriage return).
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This question belongs on superuser.com – Josh Voigts Aug 13 '14 at 12:52
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Ok sorry I'm new to stack communities – gmorissette Aug 13 '14 at 12:56
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And just why would it belong there? – gmorissette Aug 13 '14 at 12:58
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Stackoverflow is for programming questions related to code. Superuser is for general computing questions. It's an easy thing to mix up and sometimes the lines blur a little bit. InDesign javascripting questions, for example, could go on either site... – Josh Voigts Aug 13 '14 at 13:01
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To search from the beginning of an string to a defined character:
Here the defined character is: \r and it is not included in the match.
Replace \r with the character you want.
\A[^\r]+
Here the defined character is: \r and it is included in the match.
Replace both \r with the character you want.
\A[^\r]+\r
To understand the regexes:
\AAssert the position at the beginning of the string.[^\r]+Match every character that is not a carriage return character between one and unlimited times.\rMatch the carriage return character.
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