On 13/10/2007, Keith Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:49:26 -0700 > "Mark Hull-Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 10/12/07, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Keith, I think I goofed. If you use an editor that *properly* > > > supports regular expressions then what I should have told you to > > > change was > > "<^[>]*>" > > > without the quotes. That's less-than, circumflex, > > > open-square-bracket, greater-than, close-square-bracket, asterisk, > > > greater-than. I forgot that > > in > > > a proper implementation the asterisk is "greedy" which is why (I > > > think) > > you > > > lost your text. Even with this you'll lose all the formatting. > > > > > > > > > > Close: it's "<[^>]*>" (without the quotes, with the caret inside the > > brackets). > > > > It means "< followed by any number of 'character-that-is-not-a->' > > followed by a >". > > > > mhr > > Thanks Mark. It worked. >
Getting old; two goofs in one RE. Sorry -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
