Regex Problem

huebi · 05-09-2011, 02:34 AM

Hi,

how can i change

Code:

<div>
  sentence1<br />
  sentence2<br />
  sentence3<br />
  sentence4<br />
</div>

into

Code:

<p>sentence1</p>
<p>sentence2</p>
<p>sentence3</p>
<p>sentence4</p>

The Problem is there several amounts of sentences, sometimes 2, sometimes 3, sometimes more. Is there a way to do that with a regex? There are more then 500 div-sections, so doing that manually is a pain. A workaround might be doing it with 2, then 3, then 4 and so speratly.

thx in advance

Perkin · 05-09-2011, 07:06 AM

Search for

Quote:

<br />

Replace with

Quote:

</p><p>

Search for

Quote:

<div>

Replace with

Quote:

<p>

Search for

Quote:

</div>

Replace with

Quote:

</p>

You'll get a blank <p></p>, but they'll be easier to deal with, you could even do a s&r for them.

theducks · 05-09-2011, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by huebi

Hi,

how can i change

Code:

<div>
  sentence1<br />
  sentence2<br />
  sentence3<br />
  sentence4<br />
</div>

into

Code:

<p>sentence1</p>
<p>sentence2</p>
<p>sentence3</p>
<p>sentence4</p>

The Problem is there several amounts of sentences, sometimes 2, sometimes 3, sometimes more. Is there a way to do that with a regex? There are more then 500 div-sections, so doing that manually is a pain. A workaround might be doing it with 2, then 3, then 4 and so speratly.

thx in advance

I would do the Div first

<div>(.+)<br />\s+</div>

<p>\1</p>

now

replace the:

<br />

with
</p> <p>

Tidy will clean the code view after switching to BV
choosing the best order, leaves the least touch-up

cybmole · 05-10-2011, 04:32 AM

i can confirm that will work - I've patched up books which were all <div> & no <p> using the above approach.

i didn't bother to find/replace the trailing </div> tags as tidy took care of that for me.

05-09-2011, 02:34 AM	#1
huebi Zealot Posts: 121 Karma: 5070 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: none	Regex Problem Hi, how can i change Code: <div> sentence1<br /> sentence2<br /> sentence3<br /> sentence4<br /> </div> into Code: <p>sentence1</p> <p>sentence2</p> <p>sentence3</p> <p>sentence4</p> The Problem is there several amounts of sentences, sometimes 2, sometimes 3, sometimes more. Is there a way to do that with a regex? There are more then 500 div-sections, so doing that manually is a pain. A workaround might be doing it with 2, then 3, then 4 and so speratly. thx in advance

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05-10-2011, 04:32 AM	#4
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	i can confirm that will work - I've patched up books which were all <div> & no <p> using the above approach. i didn't bother to find/replace the trailing </div> tags as tidy took care of that for me.

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