Thread: Need help with a regex
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Old 01-14-2014, 07:27 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by mobiuser View Post
The regex doesn't seem to work. I'm using notepad++.
You description of the string that you're looking for is somewhat vague. Assuming that you want to replace:

Code:
<b>take down</b> phrasal verb
with

Code:
<b>⌂take down</b> phrasal verb
You could search for:

Code:
<b>(.*)<\/b> (phrasal verb)
and replace it with:

Code:
<b>⌂\1</b> \2
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