Can't seem to get regex to work in Sigil

ghostyjack · 05-25-2012, 08:09 AM

I'm obviously not getting to grips with regex, even after reading what I can find here.

I've imported a HTML file into Sigil that was generated by Word so I've got an absolute mass of "MsoNormal" classes on my <p> tags. The original file was in a very bad state and would have taken far too much time to tidy it up in Word, so I though I'd do it in Sigil with regex. It also turned out that virtually every paragraph had a different style, so I've also got lots of Sigil-generated styles as well for each paragraph, approximately 5,000 of them.

There is no way I'm going to go through this line-by-line and remove them one at a time, so the only way I can see to remove them is with regex.

So, to my problem.

The <p> tag looks like:

Code:

<p class="MsoNormal sgc-669">

With the number ranging anywhere from 1 to 5000.

This is what I put into the Find field:

Code:

<p class="MsoNormal sgc-\d\+">

With Replace being:

Code:

<p>

I've set the mode as being Regex and the Look being Current File (I've manually split the file into separate chapter files) as I'm doing it chapter-by-chapter so as to reduce the number of mistakes.

When I do this though, Sigil tells me it could find no matches. So, either I've made a mistake in my regex, or Sigil is not working properly for me.

So can anyone tell me if my regex is wrong and what I need to do to correct it please.

meme · 05-25-2012, 08:27 AM

Change \+ to just +

ghostyjack · 05-25-2012, 08:31 AM

Brilliant! That works.

Glad to see it's me getting it wrong and not Sigil.

Karma to you.

Perkin · 05-25-2012, 11:55 AM

You'd use \+ when you would want to search for a + character the \ escapes it from it's normal use of meaning multiplier of previous character

ghostyjack · 05-25-2012, 02:44 PM

Ahh, thanks for that, that make a bit more sense.

I'm slowly getting to grips with regex, but I will take a bit more time to figure it out.

05-25-2012, 08:09 AM	#1
ghostyjack Guru Posts: 718 Karma: 1085610 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, England Device: PRS-T1, 1825PT, Galaxy Tab, One X, TF700T, Aura HD, Nexus 7	Can't seem to get regex to work in Sigil I'm obviously not getting to grips with regex, even after reading what I can find here. I've imported a HTML file into Sigil that was generated by Word so I've got an absolute mass of "MsoNormal" classes on my <p> tags. The original file was in a very bad state and would have taken far too much time to tidy it up in Word, so I though I'd do it in Sigil with regex. It also turned out that virtually every paragraph had a different style, so I've also got lots of Sigil-generated styles as well for each paragraph, approximately 5,000 of them. There is no way I'm going to go through this line-by-line and remove them one at a time, so the only way I can see to remove them is with regex. So, to my problem. The <p> tag looks like: Code: <p class="MsoNormal sgc-669"> With the number ranging anywhere from 1 to 5000. This is what I put into the Find field: Code: <p class="MsoNormal sgc-\d\+"> With Replace being: Code: <p> I've set the mode as being Regex and the Look being Current File (I've manually split the file into separate chapter files) as I'm doing it chapter-by-chapter so as to reduce the number of mistakes. When I do this though, Sigil tells me it could find no matches. So, either I've made a mistake in my regex, or Sigil is not working properly for me. So can anyone tell me if my regex is wrong and what I need to do to correct it please.

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05-25-2012, 08:27 AM	#2
meme Sigil developer Posts: 1,274 Karma: 1101600 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle PW, K4 NT, K3, Kobo Touch	Change \+ to just +

05-25-2012, 08:31 AM	#3
ghostyjack Guru Posts: 718 Karma: 1085610 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, England Device: PRS-T1, 1825PT, Galaxy Tab, One X, TF700T, Aura HD, Nexus 7	Brilliant! That works. Glad to see it's me getting it wrong and not Sigil. Karma to you.

05-25-2012, 11:55 AM	#4
Perkin Guru Posts: 657 Karma: 64171 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kent, England, Sol 3, ZZ9 plural Z Alpha Device: Sony PRS-300, Kobo Aura HD, iPad (Marvin)	You'd use \+ when you would want to search for a + character the \ escapes it from it's normal use of meaning multiplier of previous character

05-25-2012, 02:44 PM	#5
ghostyjack Guru Posts: 718 Karma: 1085610 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, England Device: PRS-T1, 1825PT, Galaxy Tab, One X, TF700T, Aura HD, Nexus 7	Ahh, thanks for that, that make a bit more sense. I'm slowly getting to grips with regex, but I will take a bit more time to figure it out.

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