Re: Search and replace with reg.expr.

Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:20:05 +0100 (11:20 AM EST here) Britt Malka wrote:

> Sunday, November 14, 2004 Hi tbtech,

> I know I must soon take the necessary time to learn all about
> reg.expression, because they are very useful both in The Bat! and
> with PHP. For now I have read the tutorial, but there is a lot I do
> not understand.

> So I am sorry that once again I have to ask here.

> Is it possible to make a filter, where I delete all single ">"
> signs. That is: if the text is quoted like this:

>>Line one > Line two

> The text should be changed to:

> Line one
>> Line two

> Anybody, please? (Yes, I know I'm annoying ...)

You might want to look at the two "Search and Replace" quick templates
in The Bat! Macro and Solutions Library,
http://cgi.marck.free-online.co.uk/library.php and copy (and possibly
adapt) one of them for your requirement.

Then you could write a template that would include (%Qinclude) the
Search and Replace template three times.

        The first time you would use the Search and Replace template
        to change all occurrences of ">> " (without the quotes of
        course) to something unlikely ever to be in the text, perhaps
        "~~ ".

        The second time you would delete all occurrences of ">" by
        changing them to "" (no character at all).

        The third time you would change all occupancies of "~~ " to
        "> ".

        

        


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