newbie question: what is the right syntax to remove all between txt1 and txt2

[DB]

hello.

what is the right syntax with EditPlus to replace everything between
two text strings ??


bla bla txt1 ***** any number of any text strings here including
linebreaks special chars, non-ascii chars ***** txt2 yada yada

would become

bla yada


with regular expressions on of course, I tried to replace


txt1 *. txt2

with

txt3


but this does not work





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[DZ-Jay]

Post by DB
with regular expressions on of course, I tried to replace
txt1 *. txt2
with
txt3

The star is the quantifier, so your regexp is saying "txt1" followed by
0 or more spaces, followed by any one character, followed by a single
space, followed by txt2".

txt1( .+)? txt2

dZ.

[Mahmoud Hammoud]

thank you very much DZ

tell me please:


in the following example



<td class="alt1" title="ÇáÍãÏ ááå ÑÈø ÇáÚÇáãíä

ÇáÍãÏ ááå æÇáÕáÇÉ æÇáÓáÇã Úáì ÑÓæá Çááå æÚáì Âáå æÕÍÈå ÇáØíÈíä ÇáØÇåÑíä



ÇáÇÓÊÎáÇÝ ÇáÃÍßÇã ÕÍíÍ ÇáÈÎÇÑí">
<div>



What regexp would allow EditPlus to recognize all the title tag?

that is everything between

title="

till the first occurence of

">

Post by DZ-Jay

Post by DB
with regular expressions on of course, I tried to replace
txt1 *. txt2
with
txt3

The star is the quantifier, so your regexp is saying "txt1" followed by
0 or more spaces, followed by any one character, followed by a single
space, followed by txt2".
txt1( .+)? txt2
dZ.
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[Aleem Juma]

Mahmoud,

Recognise with the following regexp

title="([^"]*)"


Aleem

Post by Mahmoud Hammoud
thank you very much DZ
in the following example
<td class="alt1" title="الحمد لله ربّ العالمين
الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه الطيبين الطاهرين
الاستخلاف الأحكام صحيح البخاري">
<div>
What regexp would allow EditPlus to recognize all the title tag?
that is everything between
title="
till the first occurence of
">

Post by DZ-Jay

Post by DB
with regular expressions on of course, I tried to replace
txt1 *. txt2
with
txt3

The star is the quantifier, so your regexp is saying "txt1" followed by
0 or more spaces, followed by any one character, followed by a single
space, followed by txt2".
txt1( .+)? txt2
dZ.
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[Mahmoud Hammoud]

thank you Aleem,

I tried

title="([^"]*)"

the solution was provided kindly by DZ

title=("[^"]*|\n)"

Post by Aleem Juma
Mahmoud,
Recognise with the following regexp
title="([^"]*)"
Aleem

Post by Mahmoud Hammoud
thank you very much DZ
in the following example
<td class="alt1" title="ÇáÍãÏ ááå ÑÈø ÇáÚÇáãíä
ÇáÍãÏ ááå æÇáÕáÇÉ æÇáÓáÇã Úáì ÑÓæá Çááå æÚáì Âáå æÕÍÈå ÇáØíÈíä ÇáØÇåÑíä
ÇáÇÓÊÎáÇÝ ÇáÃÍßÇã ÕÍíÍ ÇáÈÎÇÑí">
<div>
What regexp would allow EditPlus to recognize all the title tag?
that is everything between
title="
till the first occurence of
">

Post by DZ-Jay

Post by DB
with regular expressions on of course, I tried to replace
txt1 *. txt2
with
txt3

The star is the quantifier, so your regexp is saying "txt1" followed

by

Post by Mahmoud Hammoud

Post by DZ-Jay
0 or more spaces, followed by any one character, followed by a single
space, followed by txt2".
txt1( .+)? txt2
dZ.
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[DZ-Jay]

I think I see the problem: I think EditPlus does not match a new line
within character ranges or the ".". You could alternatively try:

title=("[^"]*|\n)"

But I believe EditPlus' regexp engine is non-conditionally greedy, and
will match all the new lines until the last quotation mark. I'd give
it a go regardless. Let me know if it works.

dZ.

Post by Mahmoud Hammoud
thank you very much DZ
in the following example
<td class="alt1" title="ÇáÍãÏ ááå ÑÈø ÇáÚÇáãíä
ÇáÍãÏ ááå æÇáÕáÇÉ æÇáÓáÇã Úáì ÑÓæá Çááå æÚáì Âáå æÕÍÈå ÇáØíÈíä
ÇáØÇåÑíä
ÇáÇÓÊÎáÇÝ ÇáÃÍßÇã ÕÍíÍ ÇáÈÎÇÑí">
<div>
What regexp would allow EditPlus to recognize all the title tag?
that is everything between
title="
till the first occurence of
">

[Mahmoud Hammoud]

thank you very much DZ!!!

you made my day!!!!


it works!!!!!

this is exactly what I needed

title=("[^"]*|\n)"

I think I see the problem: I think EditPlus does not match a new line
title=("[^"]*|\n)"
But I believe EditPlus' regexp engine is non-conditionally greedy, and
will match all the new lines until the last quotation mark. I'd give
it a go regardless. Let me know if it works.
dZ.

Post by Mahmoud Hammoud
thank you very much DZ
in the following example
<td class="alt1" title="ÇáÍãÏ ááå ÑÈø ÇáÚÇáãíä
ÇáÍãÏ ááå æÇáÕáÇÉ æÇáÓáÇã Úáì ÑÓæá Çááå æÚáì Âáå æÕÍÈå ÇáØíÈíä
ÇáØÇåÑíä
ÇáÇÓÊÎáÇÝ ÇáÃÍßÇã ÕÍíÍ ÇáÈÎÇÑí">
<div>
What regexp would allow EditPlus to recognize all the title tag?
that is everything between
title="
till the first occurence of
">

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[DZ-Jay]

Post by Mahmoud Hammoud
thank you very much DZ!!!
you made my day!!!!
it works!!!!!
this is exactly what I needed
title=("[^"]*|\n)"

I'm glad it worked. Did you read my other message explaining Regular
Expressions? That should get you going for the next time.

dZ.