Replace using regex?

dynabook · 03-26-2022, 02:48 PM

I have an unusual Find/replace question. I know Sigil uses PCRE in its Find/Replace. My question is: Can the replacement text use any regex besides \1 grouping? Specifically I would like to find and uppercase some text between a <span></span>. I can find the text but can I uppercase it within the replace operation within Sigil? Or using regular expressions at all? Is that a thing?

TIA
--MH

Doitsu · 03-26-2022, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dynabook

I would like to find and uppercase some text between a <span></span>.

PCRE supports the \U parameter. For examples, see this post.

03-26-2022, 02:48 PM	#1
dynabook Techno-geek Posts: 225 Karma: 1116651 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: PRS-T1 (Black), PRS-T3S (Black), Kobo Aura ONE	Replace using regex? I have an unusual Find/replace question. I know Sigil uses PCRE in its Find/Replace. My question is: Can the replacement text use any regex besides \1 grouping? Specifically I would like to find and uppercase some text between a <span></span>. I can find the text but can I uppercase it within the replace operation within Sigil? Or using regular expressions at all? Is that a thing? TIA --MH

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