Try this <https://regex101.com/r/YYMsnl/1> one. It matches any characters before colon, but not <>
On Mon, 15 May 2023 at 09:41, 'Andy Nickless' via BBEdit Talk < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Kaveh, > Look at this another way... > I want to search within *<p>* and the colon*:* > > If I use *.+?* it picks up everything, including stuff I don't want. > Using *<p>(\w+):* works brilliantly as long as there are no numbers or > digits in the line of text - but I want to include these. > > So how can I search for words or numbers etc but *no left or right > arrows in the result* such as *<* or *>?* > *(I WOULD also like to include punctuation, such as exclamation and > question marks, brackets, etc, - if I can)* > *.*Thanks - Andy > On Monday, 15 May 2023 at 09:22:25 UTC+1 Kaveh Bazargan wrote: > >> Hi Andy >> >> I suggest you give several examples of what should be picked up and made >> bold, and several of what should not be. Still not clear for me. ;-) >> >> On Mon, 15 May 2023 at 09:19, 'Andy Nickless' via BBEdit Talk < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My grateful thanks to those who have patiently tried to help, but I >>> think we're over-complicating it. >>> (My apologies once more). >>> It occurred to me just now that what I'm looking for, is lines of text >>> and digits (but not html) between <p> and the colon: >>> Searching for *<p>(\w+):* works well if there are no digits - so how >>> can I include text like 22nd, 1st, or even a number on its own (1234 for >>> example?). >>> >>> I try to make my posts clear, but equally, I don't want to bore people >>> with excess detail. >>> >>> On Monday, 15 May 2023 at 07:45:43 UTC+1 Kaveh Bazargan wrote: >>> >>>> Ah, so no digit dependency at all, right? Does this work: >>>> >>>> Search: *<p>(.+?):(.+)</p>* >>>> replace: *<p><strong>\1</strong>:\2</p>* >>>> >>>> On Sun, 14 May 2023 at 23:05, 'Andy Nickless' via BBEdit Talk < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> No Kaveh - Unfortunately Fletcher's reply doesn't help. >>>>> I'll try to clarify. >>>>> >>>>> In this case, I want to make *bold* parts of some lines of text which >>>>> begin with <p> up to where the bold part will end at a colon (:) Any text >>>>> after the colon won't be bold. >>>>> >>>>> <p>*All this text will be bold, as until the first colon*: The text >>>>> after the colon will be normal.</p> >>>>> >>>>> <p><strong>123</strong>Any lines which begin as this one does, will >>>>> not be changed.</p> >>>>> (The number being any combination of 1-3 digits). >>>>> >>>>> I hope that's more clear. Apologies for the lack of clarity. >>>>> Andy >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, 14 May 2023 at 20:11:38 UTC+1 Kaveh Bazargan wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sorry, still not clear for me. Does Fletcher's answer work? >>>>>> >>>>>> Are you saying there are specific numbers you do not want to match, >>>>>> say >>>>>> <strong>135</strong> >>>>>> but ones that you do want to match, say >>>>>> <strong>137</strong> >>>>>> ? >>>>>> >>>>>> Otherwise can you explain further? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, 14 May 2023 at 18:09, 'Andy Nickless' via BBEdit Talk < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes, of course, Kaveh - thanks for your speedy reply - again! >>>>>>> I got this the other day (you helped with it) to find a line of text >>>>>>> (or text and numbers) which end with a colon and a space - >>>>>>> <p>(.+?)\: >>>>>>> It's brilliant, but there are occasions when I want to avoid a >>>>>>> pattern such as <strong>123</strong>. The number varies, (from 1 to 999) >>>>>>> and there may be other numbers, but I want to include those. In other >>>>>>> words, avoid lines with numbers within the <strong></strong> tags. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> At other times, I want to avoid a certain word (or html). >>>>>>> I hope that makes sense! >>>>>>> Andy >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sunday, 14 May 2023 at 17:57:20 UTC+1 Kaveh Bazargan wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> can you give examples of strings you want to match and strings you >>>>>>>> don't want to match? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, 14 May 2023 at 17:29, 'Andy Nickless' via BBEdit Talk < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Something that I've been unable to find out is how to skip >>>>>>>>> searching something which already contains a simple pattern: >>>>>>>>> For instance, to find a number consisting 1-3 digits I use >>>>>>>>> (\d{1,3}) - but how can I AVOID a number of up to 3 digits? >>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance - >>>>>>>>> Andy >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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