regular expressions / voltooid deelwoord

[eelco]

Hi, :banghead:

I´m searching for a regular expression that will find words in Word
that start with ge or be or her or ver and have a d or a t ending.
(in Dutch ¨voltooide deelwoorden).

<(ge|be|her|ver)*(d|t)>

This code does not do the trick, any clues?

Thanks
Eelco

[macropod]

About the closest you'll get is:
<[gbhv]e[! ]@[dt]>
Note that, whilst this will find her*t & ver*t, the 'r' is not a limiting condition, so 'heat' & 'vent', etc will also be found. Conversely, words like 'get' & 'bet' will not be found.

[eelco]

Thanks Paul,
Greatly appreciated!
:beerchug:

[eelco]

Works like a charm Paul!

Do you also have an idea how to exclude
- specific words or/and
- words shorter than 6 letters?

Thanks
Eelco

[macropod]

Do you also have an idea how to exclude
- specific words or/and
- words shorter than 6 letters?
Sure I do, but it would require a macro.

[eelco]

Hi Paul, That´s quick

I mean within the regex you gave me <[gbhv]e[! ]@[dt]>

For it works well and recognizes the correct words but some words do not belong to lists I would like to highlight in a text. The maco is a simple search and replace.

I replace with ^& while making it bold. Some words, usually shorter words, do not belong to the list. It would be beautiful to do this in the regular expression and not in a long macro.

Thanks
Eelco

[macropod]

As I said, it would require a macro.