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user743 · 05-04-2014, 12:37 AM

I'm trying to make a regex to add <body>, </body> and </html> tags, wherever they are missing.

maybe this will work.

Code:

(</head>\s*)(<body>)?([^(</(body|html)>)]+).*

replace with

Code:

\1<body>\3</body></html>

is there a simpler and more reliable regex, like

Code:

(</head>\s*)(<body>)?(.+)(</body>)?^^extra greedy^^\s?(</html>)?^^extra greedy^^

replace with

Code:

\1<body>\3</body></html>

to give one "?" first priority to be greedy, before a previous "?".

edit
is at least the first regex valid and reliable?

05-04-2014, 12:37 AM	#1
user743 Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 44444 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: Kindle PW2 special offers removed by Amazon for FREE	regex "?" with higher priority greedynes then the previous "?" ? I'm trying to make a regex to add <body>, </body> and </html> tags, wherever they are missing. maybe this will work. Code: (</head>\s)(<body>)?([^(</(body\|html)>)]+). replace with Code: \1<body>\3</body></html> is there a simpler and more reliable regex, like Code: (</head>\s)(<body>)?(.+)(</body>)?^^extra greedy^^\s?(</html>)?^^extra greedy^^ replace with Code: \1<body>\3</body></html> to give one "?" first priority to be greedy, before a previous "?". edit* is at least the first regex valid and reliable? Last edited by user743; 05-10-2014 at 10:50 PM.