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eschwartz · 07-08-2015, 11:25 AM

Try:

Find:

Code:

(<p(?: [^>]+)?>)(<a [^>]+>[^<>]+</a>)((?:(?!</?a(?: [^>]+)?>).)*)(?=</p>)

Replace:

Code:

\1\2\3\2

Match 1 is the opening paragraph tag. We could use a positive lookbehind and skip replacing that, but then we can't match optional classes and stuff.

Match 2 (in blue above) captures the link and link text:

Code:

<a [^>]+>[^<>]+</a>

Match 3 (in red above) captures the note content, by matching a string that doesn't contain an "a" tag. I lurves my negative lookarounds

:

Code:

(?:(?!</?a(?: [^>]+)?>).)*

Finally, we look ahead to spot the closing paragraph tag.

07-08-2015, 11:25 AM	#472
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Try: Find: Code: (<p(?: [^>]+)?>)(<a [^>]+>[^<>]+</a>)((?:(?!</?a(?: [^>]+)?>).))(?=</p>) Replace: Code: \1\2\3\2 Match 1 is the opening paragraph tag. We could use a positive lookbehind and skip replacing that, but then we can't match optional classes and stuff. Match 2 (in blue above) captures the link and link text: Code: <a [^>]+>[^<>]+</a> Match 3 (in red above) captures the note content, by matching a string that doesn't* contain an "a" tag. I lurves my negative lookarounds : Code: (?:(?!</?a(?: [^>]+)?>).)* Finally, we look ahead to spot the closing paragraph tag. Last edited by eschwartz; 07-08-2015 at 11:28 AM.