One other thing about a xml tool. The latest version of Mac Excel will now open xml. Just an fyi if that would work to get the names you're looking for.
On Monday, February 24, 2020 at 11:44:36 AM UTC-5, Miguel Perez wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm fairly new to RegEx and I need your help. > > I process many XML files in my job. Most of them are formatted correctly, > that is: > <key1>Value</key1> > <key2>Value</key2> > > For those I search for values using: > > <key1>.*?</key1> > And it works like a charm. > > But then I have this one source that formats its XML files with CDATA > fields like this: > <field> > <key><![CDATA[NAME]]></key> > <value><![CDATA[John Appleseed]]></value> > </field> > In this example they are trying to say that the value *NAME* is *John > Appleseed*. Rather than putting it as a key/value pair, they do that > weird syntax. > > What GREP pattern can I use to extract all the names for this formatting? > > I am open to other solutions, like BASH scripts and Applescript. I'm > desperate. > > Thank you for your help, friends. > > 🙂 > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/23fe82d4-0ac8-42a7-9ab7-f22407182313%40googlegroups.com.
