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Pattern Matching LF in Dreamwever CS5
Posted on 2014-02-20
I need to remove some <b> tags around href tags. I have some href lines that span more than one line so my pattern isn't matching when it hits the LF character.
Here is my code the regex flavor is Javascript (MSIE standard)
Please help me figure this out.
Thanks,
Randal
<p><b> <a href="http://www.thefrugallife.com/auto_lease.html">Getting Out of an Auto *** this is where the LF is **************
Lease</a></b></p>
Here is my code the regex flavor is Javascript (MSIE standard)
<b>([\s|\r\n]+)?<a href="(.+)?.html">(.+)?</a>([\s|\r\n]+)?</b>
Please help me figure this out.
Thanks,
Randal
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2 Comments
At the very end of the regex you have:
Match the closing </a>, followed by one or more whitespaces or linebreaks one time followed by the closing </b> tag.
The source code has:
The line break occurs before the </a>, not after. So no match.
Should work.
</a>([\s|\r\n]+)?</b>
Match the closing </a>, followed by one or more whitespaces or linebreaks one time followed by the closing </b> tag.
The source code has:
this is where the LF is **************
Lease</a>
The line break occurs before the </a>, not after. So no match.
<b>([\s|\r\n]+)?<a href="(.+)?.html">(.+)?([\s|\r\n]+)?(.+)</a></b>
Should work.
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