Regular expressions

Briggykins · 02-03-2009, 16:47

Having a bit of time getting a search to work in Notepad++. Basically I've got a whole list of links, however the software used to generate them got a bit confused with some of them. The two types look like this:

Code:

CORRECT: <a href="0025-0000.eml">0025-0000.eml</a>
INCORRECT: <a href="0026-0000.emlsome other stuff here">0026-0000.eml">

There are about 2000 in all and I don't want to go through them manually. I was trying a search to find all .eml*"> but that doesn't pick up any of the incorrect types, only the correct ones. I thought * found any number of any characters, but obviously I'm wrong.
Anyone able to help, or understand what I'm babbling about?

Cheers,

Nick

Briggykins · 02-03-2009, 16:59

Ah, nm. Added a dot before the * which fixed it.

phykell · 02-03-2009, 18:25

Get RegExBuddy - it's only cheap and is great for people who never had to write scripts with awk ad nauseum

02-03-2009, 16:47	#1
Briggykins Vodka Martini Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Exeter Posts: 753	Regular expressions Having a bit of time getting a search to work in Notepad++. Basically I've got a whole list of links, however the software used to generate them got a bit confused with some of them. The two types look like this: Code: CORRECT: <a href="0025-0000.eml">0025-0000.eml</a> INCORRECT: <a href="0026-0000.emlsome other stuff here">0026-0000.eml"> There are about 2000 in all and I don't want to go through them manually. I was trying a search to find all .eml"> but that doesn't pick up any of the incorrect types, only the correct ones. I thought found any number of any characters, but obviously I'm wrong. Anyone able to help, or understand what I'm babbling about? Cheers, Nick __________________

02-03-2009, 16:59	#2
Briggykins Vodka Martini Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Exeter Posts: 753	Ah, nm. Added a dot before the * which fixed it. __________________

02-03-2009, 18:25	#3
phykell Vodka Martini Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 833	Get RegExBuddy - it's only cheap and is great for people who never had to write scripts with awk ad nauseum __________________