replacing "&" with "&+" for phonological fragments

[Leonid Spektor]

Hi Janet,

	Sorry for delay in reply. I remember that we had to do the same thing for our data and I vaguely remember we had a command to do it for many files at the time. But, unfortunately I cannot seem to find that command anywhere.


One suggestion I have to use BBEdit editor. It has a good Grep function which will help identify the right "&" symbols.


You can also do it in two passes. First, use the following command to replace all '&' symbols with '&+':

chstring -w +s"&" "&+" *.cha

Next use CHSTRING command to replace mistakes that the first command might have created. For example,

chstring -w +s"&+~" "&~" +s"&+=" "&=" +s"&+-" "&-" *.cha


Leonid.

> On Jun 2, 2025, at 18:21, 'Janet Bang' via chibolts <chibolts at googlegroups.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello, 
> 
> I am preparing transcripts to contribute to CHILDES, and at the time of transcription we were using the "&" symbol for phonological fragments. 
> 
> Is there a code that we could use to automatically replace these to the "&+"? This was coming up as an error when using CHECK, and I was hoping to clear these to identify any other issues before contributing. 
> 
> Thank you!
> Janet
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