Regex Find/Replace in Notepad++ random id with uniform id

Question

I'm using notepad++.
I would like to find inside id selector

<div id="BA5Ut" class="post"></div>
<div id="k2lwuCi" class="post"></div>
<div id="4Ikfwvh" class="post"></div>
<div id="NsR8yLS" class="post"></div>

and i want to replace every random id with uniform id

<div id="upload" class="post"></div>
<div id="upload" class="post"></div>
<div id="upload" class="post"></div>
<div id="upload" class="post"></div>

How can I do a replacement?
So can anyone help me with regex?

Having multiple elements with the same ID in the same document is illegal in HTML. — Tomalak, Apr 05 '14 at 09:43
Sure you want to do this? An `id` needs to be unique, for same elements on the same lvel: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/544010/css-div-id-vs-div-class — Jongware, Apr 05 '14 at 09:44
@Jongware No, for elements in the same document. That's why they are called "id". — Tomalak, Apr 05 '14 at 09:45

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 05 '14 at 09:43

3

Find

id="[^"]*"

Replace with

id="upload"

answered Apr 05 '14 at 09:43

rzymek

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 05 '14 at 09:43

1

If the task is as simple as you describe it, you could use something like this:

id="[^"]+"

Replace with:

id="upload"

[^"]+ will match anything but a double quote character.

answered Apr 05 '14 at 09:43

Jerry

2 Answers2