On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 01:47:05PM -0700, DM666 wrote: > > I would like to match any occurrence of this chunk of text, i.e., > everything between "<filter>" and "</filter>" tags, with a match on > the string "<name>Shift Fields</name>" (without the quotes). As you > can see, there are line breaks, tabs, and various chunks of text > before and after the string within the matching filter tags.
This is a bit tricky, actually. You need to match <filter> tags that contain specific text, without matching across multiple <filter> tags. If you just do this: (?s)<filter>.*?<name>Shift Fields</name>.*?</filter> Then you could match the beginning of one filter, and continue into the next filter that has the appropriate name. However, you can do this: (?s)<filter>(?:(?!</filter>).)*<name>Shift Fields</name>.*?</filter> The (?:(?!</filter>).)* part matches one character at a time, making sure the next part of the string is not </filter>. HTH, Ronald --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a specific feature request or would like to report a suspected (or confirmed) problem with the software, please email to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
