Thanks Jim! I could not get your solution to work with Rob's plugin, but it works perfectly with the Regex component which I found on the Forum - here's the link if anybody needs it:
http://forums.4d.com/Post/EN/7161740/1/7161741 My test code: $source:="Some text.<span class='bold'>Set this text in bold please .</span>" $Srchstring:="<span class='bold'>([^<]*)</span>" $replacestring:="<@bold:>\\1<@:>" $err:=*Rgx_SubstituteText* ($Srchstring;$replacestring;->$source) Pat On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 at 03:34, Jim Crate via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 24, 2018, at 9:39 AM, Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I'm attempting to use the Regex Plugin from Pluggers to replace tags > with different tags. > > For example, change this text: > > > > Some text.<span class='bold'>Set this text in bold please .</span> > > > > to > > > > Some text.<@bold:>Set this text in bold please .<@:> > > > > In other words, there' a starting and ending tag with any kind if text in > > between. > > > > I've tried: > > > > $Srchstring:="<span class='bold'>[A-Za-z_0-9]</span>" > > > > $replacestring:="@bold:[A-Za-z_0-9]<@:>" > > > > $t:=*Preg Replace*($Srchstring;$replacestring;$source) > > I didn’t download Rob’s plugin to check the manual, but regex replacing > works by using capture groups in the regex that the replace string > references. You’ll need to check the plugin manual for specifics, or the > example database. Capture groups are usually indicated with parenthesis, > and the references are usually \1, \2, etc, based on the order of > appearance of capture groups in the pattern. Sometimes they’re referenced > with $ instead of \. So it could be something like: > > $SrchString:="<span class=‘bold’>([^<]*)</span>" > $ReplaceString:=“<@bold:>\\1<@:>” > > I used [^<] because that will match any characters except <, so it’s more > concise than listing all the acceptable characters, and also expresses the > intent better. If you have nested tags it won’t work, but I’m not sure if > nested tags can be handled with a simple regex pattern. > > The backslash reference in the replace string will probably have to be a > double-backslash. Because double backslashes is annoying, Rob might have > used a different referencing scheme. You’ll want to check the manual. > > > Jim Crate > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** -- ************************************************* CatBase - Top Dog in Data Publishing tel: +44 (0) 207 118 7889 w: http://www.catbase.com skype: pat.bensky ************************************************* ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
