On 11/14/06, mira mira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > > I have problem in writing Regex. > > This is my sample xml code > ************************** > <Book> > <Emphasis type="Bold"> > sample text > <Emphasis type="Italic"> > sample Text > <Emphasis type="underline"> > sample text > </Emphasis> > </Emphasis> > sample text > </Emphasis> > </Book> > > I need to write regex for replacing the Emphasis tags. > that is i need to replace the following tags: > <Emphasis type="Bold"></Emphasis> with <B></B> > <Emphasis type="Italic"></Emphasis> with<I></I> > <Emphasis type="underline"></Emphasis>with<U></U> > > Can anyone help me in writing the match in Regex so that > the tags are nested properly. > > I may have N number of emphasis tags nested in any combination. > > I will be very thankful if someone could help me.I'm trying this > for the past one week.
What you're asking for isn't as easy as it sounds and it's not a one step process. You have to find your start tag and then iterate until you find the proper end tag (i.e. increment a value for each open tag and decrement for each close tag. When you find a matching close tag and your value is 0 then you have the proper close tag.). It can be done, I'm just saying its not easy. I've done such a thing in JS and ColdFusion, but no longer have access to the code (nor did I own it to begin with since it was written for an employer). If no one else has anything handy, I'll try to put something together for you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/RegEx/message.cfm/messageid:985 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/RegEx/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.21
