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flameproof · 02-20-2012, 08:34 AM

I have often problems with books that were auto-converted by Calibre. Here is one issue:

Text has often wrong line breaks.

Example:

Code:

  <p class="calibre2">This is just a sample</p>

  <p class="calibre2">text with no meaning.</p>

I can find it with the string:

Code:

 [a-z]</p>

  <p class="calibre2">

But when I replace it then (of course) the last letter is missing. Without the [a-z] I would catch normal end of sentence line breaks.

Is there a way?

DOH! I found it!

Search string: (\w+)</p>

<p class="calibre2">

Replace with: \1

02-20-2012, 08:34 AM	#1
flameproof Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Regex - replace only part of a string - how? I have often problems with books that were auto-converted by Calibre. Here is one issue: Text has often wrong line breaks. Example: Code: <p class="calibre2">This is just a sample</p> <p class="calibre2">text with no meaning.</p> I can find it with the string: Code: [a-z]</p> <p class="calibre2"> But when I replace it then (of course) the last letter is missing. Without the [a-z] I would catch normal end of sentence line breaks. Is there a way? DOH! I found it! Search string: (\w+)</p> <p class="calibre2"> Replace with: \1 Last edited by flameproof; 02-20-2012 at 08:45 AM.