Adobe InDesign greps


GREP code dictionary

back-reference (up to \9)

\1

beginning of story

\A

word boundary

\b

digit

\d

non-digit

\D

horizontal space

\h

not horizontal space

\H

lookbehind

\K

(lowercase L) lower-case letter

\l

non-lower-case letter

\L

forced line break

\n

Unicode name

\N{. . .}

negated unicode class

\P{. . .}

unicode class

\p{. . .}

end of paragraph

\r

non-whitespace character

\S

whitespace character

\s

tab character

\t

non-upper-case letter

\U

upper-case letter

\u

vertical space

\v

not vertical space

\V

non-word character

\W

word character

\w

two- or four-digit hexadecimal code

\x{. . .}

end of story

\z

end of story

\Z

backslash character

\\

open bracket character

\[

close bracket character

\]

open brace character

\{

close brace character

\}

open parenthesis character

\(

close parenthesis character

\)

beginning of word

\<

end of word

\>

copyright symbol

~2

third space

~3

quarter space

~4

section symbol

~6

paragraph symbol

~7

bullet character

~8

anchored-object marker

~a

carriage return (=\r)

~b

trademark symbol

~d

variable: output date

~D

ellipsis

~e

even-page break

~E

flush space

~f

footnote marker

~F

end nested style here

~h

variable: chapter number

~H

indent to here

~i

(capital I) index marker

~I

non-joiner

~j

variable: metadata caption

~J

discretionary line break

~k

odd-page break

~L

(lowercase L) variable: file name

~l

column break

~M

em-space

~m

current page number

~N

variable: creation date

~O

variable: modifiation date

~o

page break

~P

frame break

~R

registered symbol

~r

non-breaking

~S

non-breaking (fixed space)

~s

variable: last page number

~T

variable: custom text

~u

any variable

~v

previous page number

~V

next page number

~X

section marker

~x

right-indent tab

~y

variable: running header (paragraph style)

~Y

variable: running header (character style)

~Z

any page number

~#

straight double quotation mark

~”

straight single quotation mark

~’

discretionary hyphen

~-

non-breaking hyphen

~~

punctuation space

~.

figure space

~/

sixth space

~%

hair space

~|

straight left quotation mark

~[

straight right quotation mark

~]

double left quotation mark

~{

double right quotation mark

~}

thin space

~<

en-space

~>

em-dash

~_

en-dash

~=

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