Removing id="page123" from book html

vanishedsarah · 12-11-2022, 03:31 AM

I have a book that pretty much every line has id="page123" in it, with the number counting up every line. They look liked one of these two examples

https://imgur.com/a/WKBWIZs

https://imgur.com/a/WKBWIZs

I'm trying to change the code these page numbers are in and around, but having each line be completely different is proving above my knowledge.

How can I remove these, in the simplest way? I'm terrible with using expressions too, I just cant wrap my head around them. So, if ou're gonna recommend using expressions somehow, I'd be super grateful if you's make it dummy proof

theducks · 12-11-2022, 03:36 AM

I believe this will work MAKE SURE that is all it touches.
(those id don't really hurt other that take up file space, and modern readers have plenty in most cases)

Search (regex)

Code:

\sid="p\d+"

Replace
<leave blank>

vanishedsarah · 12-11-2022, 03:55 AM

That gave me an error

SelectorSyntaxError: Expected selector, got <DELIM '=' at 4>

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

I believe this will work MAKE SURE that is all it touches.
(those id don't really hurt other that take up file space, and modern readers have plenty in most cases)

Search (regex)

Code:

\sid="p\d+"

Replace
<leave blank>

Quoth · 12-11-2022, 04:06 AM

Maybe
id\=\"page[0-9]*\"

I think \ means use next character as literal not execute so if I'm in doubt I escape with \

[ ] encloses a list
* repeats

d does mean any digit, but I've forgotten how to use that.

I'm inept at regex so I always click find a few times to make sure before doing Replace All!

theducks · 12-11-2022, 04:13 AM

\d digit
+ 1 or more times
* 0 or more

JSWolf · 12-11-2022, 05:22 AM

But before you remove the IDs, make sure none of them are being used for links.

12-11-2022, 03:31 AM	#1
vanishedsarah Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: Kindle Oasis	Removing id="page123" from book html I have a book that pretty much every line has id="page123" in it, with the number counting up every line. They look liked one of these two examples https://imgur.com/a/WKBWIZs https://imgur.com/a/WKBWIZs I'm trying to change the code these page numbers are in and around, but having each line be completely different is proving above my knowledge. How can I remove these, in the simplest way? I'm terrible with using expressions too, I just cant wrap my head around them. So, if ou're gonna recommend using expressions somehow, I'd be super grateful if you's make it dummy proof

12-11-2022, 03:36 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,055 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I believe this will work MAKE SURE that is all it touches. (those id don't really hurt other that take up file space, and modern readers have plenty in most cases) Search (regex) Code: \sid="p\d+" Replace <leave blank>

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Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,033 Karma: 105092227 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Maybe id\=\"page[0-9]\" I think \ means use next character as literal not execute so if I'm in doubt I escape with \ [ ] encloses a list repeats d does mean any digit, but I've forgotten how to use that. I'm inept at regex so I always click find a few times to make sure before doing Replace All!

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,055 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	\d digit + 1 or more times * 0 or more

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