Hi BBLuv,
Find:
<ANIMAL[^>]+NAME="([^"]*)"[^>]+LIKES="([^"]*)"[^>]*>
Replace:
\1 -- \2
and use the Extract button of the find window.
HTH
Jean Jourdain
On Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 2:12:48 PM UTC+2 BBLuv wrote:
> Hi - non technical user here, proud to have figured out part of my goal.
>
> I have multiple XML files that I am trying to scan through to pluck out
> instances of tag attributes. The XML looks like this, and I want to extract
> the NAME and LIKES attributes across the files.
>
> <ANIMAL NAME="Fluffy" SPECIES="dog" LIKES="bones" AGE="6">
>
> Using grep + extract I am able to produce this:
>
> search = (?<=NAME=").*?(?=")|(?<=LIKES=").*?(?=")
> output =
> Fluffy
> bones
> Tiger
> chewtoys
> Rusty
> mailmen
>
> I would love output that includes my own text:
> Fluffy -- bones
> Tiger -- chewtoys
> Rusty -- mailmen
>
> or at least has the output values in one line per XML tag
> Fluffy bones
> Tiger chewtoys
> Rusty mailmen
>
> I learned the pipe character lets me make multiple extractions but I am
> not able to control the output.
>
> Can you help?
>
> Thanking you...
>
>
>
>
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