RegEx to change but not all

phossler · 01-11-2013, 12:52 AM

Converted a MOBI to EPUB in Calibre and there's a gizillion of these that generate a validation error

('no character data is allowed by content model')

Code:

<blockquote>
text text text  text text text 
</blockquote>

but also some that have that<p> tags

Code:

<blockquote>
<p>
text text text
</p>
</blockquote>

The regex's I've tried so far have been spectacularly unsuccessful

Could some regex guru help with the S/R to fix the first, but not mess up the second?

Paul

Doitsu · 01-11-2013, 08:08 AM

The following quick & dirty regex should work:

Find: <blockquote>\s+([^<]+)\s+</blockquote>
Replace: <blockquote>\n<p>\1</p>\n</blockquote>

phossler · 01-11-2013, 10:30 AM

Thanks --

I'm tracing my way through it to make sure I understand (and learn)

I usually have the most difficulty with multiple lines and whitespace

Paul

01-11-2013, 12:52 AM	#1
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,090 Karma: 447222 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	RegEx to change but not all Converted a MOBI to EPUB in Calibre and there's a gizillion of these that generate a validation error ('no character data is allowed by content model') Code: <blockquote> text text text text text text </blockquote> but also some that have that<p> tags Code: <blockquote> <p> text text text </p> </blockquote> The regex's I've tried so far have been spectacularly unsuccessful Could some regex guru help with the S/R to fix the first, but not mess up the second? Paul Last edited by phossler; 01-11-2013 at 12:53 AM. Reason: RegEx to change SOME but not all

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01-11-2013, 08:08 AM	#2
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,763 Karma: 24088559 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	The following quick & dirty regex should work: Find: <blockquote>\s+([^<]+)\s+</blockquote> Replace: <blockquote>\n<p>\1</p>\n</blockquote>

01-11-2013, 10:30 AM	#3
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,090 Karma: 447222 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thanks -- I'm tracing my way through it to make sure I understand (and learn) I usually have the most difficulty with multiple lines and whitespace Paul

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