Hi Marcel,
You could try this.
Find:
(?s)(<note(?:.(?!</note>))+)(<dynamics.+?</dynamics>)\n((?:.(?!<note))+</note>)
Replace:
<direction>\n<direction-type>\n\2\n</direction-type>\n</direction>\n\1\3
HTH
Jean Jourdain
On Monday, December 5, 2022 at 8:27:49 PM UTC+1 Marcel Lamers wrote:
> It gets much simpler if I add e.g. a ! before every </note> first.
> I can then search for
> (<note>)([^!]+)(<dynamics>)([^!]+)(</dynamics>)
>
> On Monday, 5 December 2022 at 17:13:42 UTC+1 Marcel Lamers wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a musicxml file that is not properly imported into my music
>> notation app and I have to change the syntax to do a better import.
>> I gave it a go with grep but can't seem to get the proper pattern to make
>> the change.
>>
>> In short, I want to remove the dynamics tags plus content from a note tag
>> and place it before the note tag with new closing tags.
>> Difficulty is the occurrence of several <note> tags and the greediness of
>> the patterns I tested.
>> I also gave the must not occur <note>(?!</note>) a go but to no avail.
>> Any help in the matter would be greatly appreciated
>>
>> Here is an example:
>>
>> before
>>
>> <!--//////////////////// Part 22 | Measure 39 ////////////////////-->
>> <measure number="39">
>> <attributes>
>> <divisions>48</divisions>
>> </attributes>
>> <note>
>> <pitch>
>> <step>D</step>
>> <octave>6</octave>
>> </pitch>
>> <duration>48</duration>
>> <voice>1</voice>
>> <type>quarter</type>
>> <staff>1</staff>
>> </note>
>> <note>
>> <pitch>
>> <step>G</step>
>> <octave>5</octave>
>> </pitch>
>> <duration>48</duration>
>> <voice>1</voice>
>> <type>quarter</type>
>> <staff>1</staff>
>> </note>
>> <note>
>> <pitch>
>> <step>D</step>
>> <octave>5</octave>
>> </pitch>
>> <duration>48</duration>
>> <voice>1</voice>
>> <type>quarter</type>
>> <staff>1</staff>
>> </note>
>> <direction>
>> <direction-type>
>> <wedge type="stop"/>
>> </direction-type>
>> </direction>
>> <note>
>> <pitch>
>> <step>G</step>
>> <octave>5</octave>
>> </pitch>
>> <duration>48</duration>
>> <voice>1</voice>
>> <type>quarter</type>
>> <staff>1</staff>
>> <notations>
>> <slur type="stop" number="1"/>
>>
>>
>> *<dynamics><f/></dynamics>*
>> </notations>
>> </note>
>> </measure>
>> <!--//////////////////// Part 22 | Measure 40 ////////////////////-->
>>
>> after
>>
>> <!--//////////////////// Part 22 | Measure 39 ////////////////////-->
>> <measure number="39">
>> <attributes>
>> <divisions>48</divisions>
>> </attributes>
>> <note>
>> <pitch>
>> <step>D</step>
>> <octave>6</octave>
>> </pitch>
>> <duration>48</duration>
>> <voice>1</voice>
>> <type>quarter</type>
>> <staff>1</staff>
>> </note>
>> <note>
>> <pitch>
>> <step>G</step>
>> <octave>5</octave>
>> </pitch>
>> <duration>48</duration>
>> <voice>1</voice>
>> <type>quarter</type>
>> <staff>1</staff>
>> </note>
>> <note>
>> <pitch>
>> <step>D</step>
>> <octave>5</octave>
>> </pitch>
>> <duration>48</duration>
>> <voice>1</voice>
>> <type>quarter</type>
>> <staff>1</staff>
>> </note>
>> <direction>
>> <direction-type>
>> <wedge type="stop"/>
>> </direction-type>
>> </direction>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *<direction><direction-type><dynamics><f/></dynamics></direction-type></direction>*
>> <note>
>> <pitch>
>> <step>G</step>
>> <octave>5</octave>
>> </pitch>
>> <duration>48</duration>
>> <voice>1</voice>
>> <type>quarter</type>
>> <staff>1</staff>
>> <notations>
>> <slur type="stop" number="1"/>
>> </notations>
>> </note>
>> </measure>
>> <!--//////////////////// Part 22 | Measure 40 ////////////////////-->
>>
>
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