> -----Original Message----- > From: John Pitchko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 10:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Regex Not Matching Newline > > > Hello, > > I am using: > s/<a href="(.+?)">(.+?)<\/a>/<a > href="\/cgi-bin\/template\.cgi\?file=$1">$2<\/a>/igs; > > to match HTML in a file that is formatted like: > <li>System Backup/Restore - <a > href="/Generic/Netbackup/nbrestor.html">NetBackup > Restore Document</a></li> > <li>Sybase Backup/Restore - <a > href="/Generic/Netbackup/nbrestor.html">NetBackup Restore > Document</a></li> > > The problem is that the pattern will match the second <li> > (which is all on one line) but will not match the first <li> > (which was broken up by Dreamweaver to 2 lines). I know that > in order for the . operator to match newlines, the /s > modifier needs to be used, which I do have, and this has > worked in the past but I am unsure why it is not working now.
Your regex successfully updates both links of the sample data when I run it. Are you sure the sample data you posted matches the data giving you problems? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
