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Allow n-dash as well as hyphens in refs such as Matt.1.1–2.

Open DavidIB opened this issue 5 years ago • 0 comments

Someone emailed that they wanted to search for a bunch of refs from an electronic book, so they pasted into the search bar:

Matt. 1:21; Luke 1:17; Rom. 9:25–26; 2 Cor. 6:16–18; Gal. 3:29; Titus 2:14; Heb. 8:8–10; James 1:1, 18; 1 Pet. 2:9; Rev. 21:3, 12

This didn't work because one or more ref was problematic. Then they typed in:

Matt. 1:21; Luke 1:17; Rom. 9:25-26; 2 Cor. 6:16-18; Gal. 3:29; Titus 2:14; Heb. 8:8-10; James 1:1, 18; 1 Pet. 2:9; Rev. 21:3, 12

This worked fine, because the n-dash (–) was replaced by a hyphen (-) in the 3 places it occurs. I've often has this problem, but simply replace the n-dashes. HOwever, unless you know about the issue, it is really annoying. Seeing as not many Bible software programs allow this kind of thing, we should make the most of it.

DavidIB avatar Mar 24 '20 12:03 DavidIB