Bill Tillman Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Here's the MLEADER text contents: 3"x3/4" RECTANGULAR STEEL TUBE I want to replace each instance of this with 3/4"x3" STEEL FLAT BAR This would seem cut and dry but apparently I don't have it right. If I do a FIND for the first string, it's on two lines as shown, it comes up with nothing. So how does one format a string in the FIND dialog window so it will select and change the desired text? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhupp Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Try find and replace with this. "3\"x3/4\" RECTANGULAR\\PSTEEL TUBE" "3/4\"x3\" STEEL\\PFLAT BAR" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Tillman Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 Trying to do this with the constant interruptions at my office is proving difficult. But I did try this and it came up null. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhupp Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) ¾" isn't the same as 3/4" that is whats causing the 0 finds. ¾ is one font char 3/4 is three font char's search for this use \P for next line 3"x¾" RECTANGULAR\PSTEEL TUBE --edit to type ¾ hold alt and type 0190 on numbpad Edited August 4, 2022 by mhupp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Tillman Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 Ah, the old EXTENDED ASCII CHARACTER set. Cool, that works great with 3/4" but what if I have 7/8" or 23/32" a number which is not an Extended Ascii character? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 They should be part of text ? IF they are not super / subscript . Find and Mtext does not work. "\\A1;abc {\\H0.7x;\\S23/32;\\H1.42857x;\"}" so need a lisp maybe to amend string. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Tillman Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 Yes, when the fractions auto-stack it creates a problem with FIND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhupp Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Bill Tillman said: Yes, when the fractions auto-stack it creates a problem with FIND Best way to combat this is to double click the mtext and copy it. then add the /P to break them up by line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) Look for \S in string then ; so get "23/32" then further apart 23 32 and replace both. Then rebuild string. I dont have anything for task. In text if you have used extended character like ¼ you could look for a (chr x) but font style may vary. ps ¼ is (chr 188) Edited August 5, 2022 by BIGAL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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