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Perkin · 01-18-2013, 09:22 PM

My regex fu must be on the blink.
This regex search should work, but it's not working in Sigil, does work in EditPad though, so perhaps it's a problem with the regex engine?

Code:

(?<=<span\sclass="(bold|italics)">)(.+?)(?=</span>)

The group that stores the text will be \2 (not the usual \1 - which here will be the bold|italics class)

Is that any use?

EDIT: This works in Sigil (with your example).
Search for

Code:

(?<=">)(.+?)(?=</)

01-18-2013, 09:22 PM	#2
Perkin Guru Posts: 655 Karma: 64171 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kent, England, Sol 3, ZZ9 plural Z Alpha Device: Sony PRS-300, Kobo Aura HD, iPad (Marvin)	My regex fu must be on the blink. This regex search should work, but it's not working in Sigil, does work in EditPad though, so perhaps it's a problem with the regex engine? Code: (?<=<span\sclass="(bold\|italics)">)(.+?)(?=</span>) The group that stores the text will be \2 (not the usual \1 - which here will be the bold\|italics class) Is that any use? EDIT: This works in Sigil (with your example). Search for Code: (?<=">)(.+?)(?=</) Last edited by Perkin; 01-18-2013 at 09:28 PM.