A simple regex expression

Question

im having a little difficulty in making a regex that will filter an input for me.

if i get a lot of: <option value=1234>text</option><option value=5678>text2</option> (note that the number is always 4 digits) and i want the regex to filter the text for me, so i'll have a list of "text\ntext2" etc, what regex expression do i have to use? im kind of new to regex and i cant figure it out by myself..

thanks in advance!

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Sam Starling · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-02T16:54:39.143

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Something like this:

<option value=\d+>([\w\s\\]+)</option>

edited May 02 '11 at 16:54

answered Apr 28 '11 at 09:37

Sam Starling

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that almost works (it wont find any 'text' that has a '/' in it.). it finds occurrences, but what do i write in the "replace with" field? – T4u Apr 28 '11 at 09:45
or ([\w\s]+) – Micromega Apr 28 '11 at 09:45
how do i include the character '/' in it? – T4u Apr 28 '11 at 09:56
Just add \\. Backslash is an escape character, so needs putting twice. I've edited my answer. – Sam Starling May 02 '11 at 16:55

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 28 '11 at 10:12

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I assume you want to search replace within notepad++.

Search for

<option value=\d+>(.*?)</option>

and replace with

\1\n

answered Apr 28 '11 at 10:12

stema

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Great regex, i haven't tried it because i already managed to do that i wanted, but it might make , to: text . i would try (i havent tried it and im new to regex) to go with: so it will search 'text' until it hops into a '<' – T4u Apr 28 '11 at 10:22
Then instead of `` use ``. – stema Apr 28 '11 at 10:29

A simple regex expression

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