regex search/replace - how to?

Alt68er · 03-10-2014, 01:11 PM

Hi all,

I have a lot of weeklies which I want to edit and make them formatted equally. They all have chapters with a chapter-number and with 0 up to 3 sub-lines. Here is an example:

Code:

<body>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>1.</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>Line One</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one. Chapter one.</p>

  <p>Chapter one para two.</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>2.</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>Line One</p>

  <p>Line two</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two. Chapter two.</p>

  <p>Chapter two para one.</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>3.</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>Line One</p>

  <p>Line two</p>

  <p>Line three</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three. Chapter three.</p>

  <p>Chapter three para two.</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>4.</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>Line One</p>

  <p>Line two</p>

  <p>Line three</p>

  <p>Line four</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>

  <p>Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four. Chapter four.</p>

  <p>Chapter four para two.</p>

  <p>&nbsp;</p>
</body>

The chapter number plus the sub-lines (if there) shall be replaced by

Code:

<hr class="sigilChapterBreak" /> <h1 class="h11">\1</h1>
<p class="p0"><span class="t4">\2<br/>\3</span></p>

In this example the replace-string is for a chapter-number plus 1 subline only.

Is there a way to make a search finding the chapter-number plus the existing number of sub-lines and replace them according the above example?

If not please help me in creating a search that finds not more than the FIRST  .

1000 thanks in advance.

Peter

eschwartz · 03-11-2014, 08:53 PM

".*(?! ). " will match all characters up to and including the first match for " " using a negative lookahead.

"(?!string)" is not a capture group!

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03-11-2014, 08:53 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	".(?! ). " will match all characters up to and including the first match for " " using a negative lookahead. "(?!string)" is not* a capture group!

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