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Old 06-25-2010
Simple search pattern help

Hi

I need to define a pattern that will match an open square bracket, a series of numbers fro 1 to 4 digits in length and a close square bracket. Examples of the numbers I will need to find are:

Code:
[5]

or
Code:
[25]

or
Code:
[425]

or
Code:
[7425]

I am using BBEdit to search, and BBEdit uses the standard GREP search command (I believe it is not a modified command set).

I just need to define the pattern.

Can someone please help me.

Thank you.
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Old 06-26-2010
Code:
'\[[0-9]{1,4}\]'

 
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