If I'm understanding try Find: <DataElement>((?s).+?)</DataElement> Replace: \1
On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 4:10:31 AM UTC-4, Gustave Stresen-Reuter wrote: > > Thanks to everyone. > > I had forgotten about bbfind but the solution I ended up using was what > Rich had suggested: Extract (and then a bit more processing on the net > result). Also, I had to fiddle a bit with the RegEx as it was being too > greedy. I'm still struggling to attain expertise with non-capturing parens > and positional assertions. Specifically, given: > > <DataElement> Fusce rhoncus, elit. > [Aenean] eget es? > Nulla et arcu. > </DataElement> > > I'd like to find "Nulla" where the text before and after can be anything > except </DataElement> (in other words, the contents of an element). > > Years ago (20?) I saw an article that suggested breaking the text up into > (repeatable) fields using RegEx. At the time this seemed so advanced it was > more than my little brain could process, but the idea has stuck with me and > I now wonder if it would be a better approach than what I'm trying to do. > > Thanks! > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 9:02 PM Christopher Stone <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On 04/19/2019, at 07:53, Gustave Stresen-Reuter <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> The problem here, though, is that the search results are sent to a search >> results window. Is there any way to recreate the behavior of the grep >> command above (the output is just the matching data with no filename, line >> number, nor context)? >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Hey Ted, >> >> Try using the `bbfind` command line tool instead of `grep`. >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> Chris >> >> -- >> This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a >> feature request or need technical support, please email >> "[email protected] <javascript:>" rather than posting to the group. >> Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BBEdit Talk" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. >> > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
