Re: Witango-Talk: Replacing one or more URLs within a block of text

[MC Tay]

Robert:

Can REGEX find multiple matching occurrences at one time, or only 
find the first match within the text block?

I tried using <@regex 
expr="(a[[:space:]]href=<@DQ>https?://)(.*)([\<\/]a[\>])" 
str="<@COLUMN 'MYTABLE.TEXTBLOCK'>" type=E>

and it matched the beginning of the first URL to the end of the 
second URL. How do I make it stop at the end of the first URL?

Thanks!

MC

At 08:55 AM 8/13/2007, you wrote:
That is exactly what REGEX is designed to do. It has a learning
curve, but you should seriously dive in, its a great tool to have
under your belt.

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On Aug 13, 2007, at 1:35 AM, MC Tay wrote:

Hi:

I'm trying to figure out how to replace one or more URLs within a
block of text so that I can insert it with a click through
URL........and I need some help.

Here's a sample of the block of text:

This is the block of text.....bluh bluh bluh........ <a
href="http://www.websiteone.com/app1.taf? 
para1=100&para2=200&para3=300" target="_blank"> ....and the text
continues....
.....bluh bluh bluh...... <a href="http://www.websitetwo.com/ 
app2.taf?p1=aaa&p2=bbb"> and more text ........

I want to replace the URLs within the text as follows, but not sure
how to do that. Any help is much appreciated.

<a href="http://www.websiteone.com/app1.taf? 
para1=100&para2=200&para3=300" target="_blank">
becomes
<a href="http://www.mywebsite.com/click.taf?vurl=http:// 
www.websiteone.com/app1.taf?para1=100&para2=200&para3=300"
target="_blank">

<a href="http://www.websitetwo.com/app2.taf?p1=aaa&p2=bbb";>
becomes
<a href="http://www.mywebsite.com/click.taf?vurl=http:// 
www.websitetwo.com/app2.taf?p1=aaa&p2=bbb">


Thanks

MC

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