GREP search term help

virtual_ink · 11-06-2011, 07:27 AM

Until I learn GREP, could someone please help put the following into a GREP search for me?

I want to find:
<h2 id="toc_marker-1-1" class="chapter"><span class="bold"><a id="Introduction"/>Introduction</span></h2>

And change it to:
<a id="Introduction"/><h2 id="toc_marker-1-1" class="chapter"><span class="bold">Introduction</span></h2>

NB: The id="toc_marker-1-1" number will change, from 1-1 through to say 10-10. And the chapter title within the "<a id="Introduction"/>Introduction</span></h2>" will also change to whatever the chapter name is.

Doitsu · 11-07-2011, 10:58 AM

I'm not very good at regular expressions, but the following quick and dirty search and replace expressions should work:

Seach for:

Code:

<h2 id="([^"]+)" class="chapter"><span class="bold"><a id="([^"]+)"/>([^<]+)</span></h2>

Replace with:

Code:

<a id="\2"/><h2 id="\1" class="chapter"><span class="bold">\3</span></h2>

virtual_ink · 11-08-2011, 12:57 AM

This works a treat - thank you so much!

11-06-2011, 07:27 AM	#1
virtual_ink Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad2, Kindle	GREP search term help Until I learn GREP, could someone please help put the following into a GREP search for me? I want to find: <h2 id="toc_marker-1-1" class="chapter"><span class="bold"><a id="Introduction"/>Introduction</span></h2> And change it to: <a id="Introduction"/><h2 id="toc_marker-1-1" class="chapter"><span class="bold">Introduction</span></h2> NB: The id="toc_marker-1-1" number will change, from 1-1 through to say 10-10. And the chapter title within the "<a id="Introduction"/>Introduction</span></h2>" will also change to whatever the chapter name is.

11-07-2011, 10:58 AM	#2
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,725 Karma: 24031401 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	I'm not very good at regular expressions, but the following quick and dirty search and replace expressions should work: Seach for: Code: <h2 id="([^"]+)" class="chapter"><span class="bold"><a id="([^"]+)"/>([^<]+)</span></h2> Replace with: Code: <a id="\2"/><h2 id="\1" class="chapter"><span class="bold">\3</span></h2>

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11-08-2011, 12:57 AM	#3
virtual_ink Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad2, Kindle	This works a treat - thank you so much!

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