Example

That is so good isn't it? Yes it is

I want to find a question mark that is followed by a space and an upper case letter. Then replace it with:

That is so good isn't it?
Yes it is

I have tried various ways to no avail.

• FIND: ? ([A-Z])
• REPLACE: ?\r\r

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2 Answers

It's more efficient without capturing groups.

• Ctrl+H
• Find what: \?\h+\K(?=[A-Z])
• Replace with: \n # you can use \r or \r\n depending on the platform
• CHECK Match case
• CHECK Wrap around
• CHECK Regular expression
• Replace all

Explanation:

\? # question mark, have to be escaped
\h+ # 1 or more horizontal spaces
\K # forget all we have seen until this position
(?=[A-Z]) # positive lookahead, make sure we have a capital after

Screen capture (before):

Screen capture (after):

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try:

(enable "match case")

(find) \? ([A-Z].*)

(replace) \? \n\1

(note: \ is used to escape special control characters)

\? : the literal string "?" followed by a space

( and ) parens creates a group which can be referenced

. means any character and .* means any character zero or more times

\1 is referencing the first group reference (the parens)

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