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phossler · 03-03-2015, 05:06 PM

If there is something like

<h1>Text Text <b>Bold Text</b> Text Text</h1>

<p>Text Text <b>Bold Text</b> Text Text</p>

Q: is there a way to replace (delete) the <b> and </b> only if they are inside the h1 tags?

I got this far

Find: (<[Hh][1-6]>)(.+?)(<[biu]>)(.+?)(</\3>)(.+?)<(</[Hh][1-6]>)

Replace: \1\2\4\6\7

but it doesn't work because I can't figure out how to get the red back reference to match the blue tag

Q2: is there a better way?

03-03-2015, 05:06 PM	#1
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,087 Karma: 447222 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	RegEx to replace only inside certain tags? If there is something like <h1>Text Text <b>Bold Text</b> Text Text</h1> <p>Text Text <b>Bold Text</b> Text Text</p> Q: is there a way to replace (delete) the <b> and </b> only if they are inside the h1 tags? I got this far Find: (<[Hh][1-6]>)(.+?)(<[biu]>)(.+?)(</\3>)(.+?)<(</[Hh][1-6]>) Replace: \1\2\4\6\7 but it doesn't work because I can't figure out how to get the red back reference to match the blue tag Q2: is there a better way?