Questions tagged [regex-replace]

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How to replace repeating words with single version of that word

I am trying to process transcripts that appears to use voice to text with C#. One major issue I am running into is repeating words and or phrases. I would love to use a RegEx expression to replace them all. Here are some examples: I, I, I am…
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Regexreplace all lowercase words not working with german umlauts

Trying this to replace all lowercase words is not working properly =regexreplace(A1;"\b[a-züöäß]+\b";"") Example sentence: Mit Sätzen wie Gewinne laufen lassen Verluste begrenzen können vor allem weniger erfahrene Aktienkäufer oder…
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Replace Character Only if it isn't Immediately Preceded By Specified Character

Given a multiple line string A;1;\nB;2\nC;3. It's needed to add a ; before those newline characters that are not immediately preceded by ;. So, the result should be A;1;\nB;2;\nC;3 (a single ; is added after 2). I've tried different regexes but…
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How do I replace a certain char in between 2 strings using regex

I'm new to regex and have been trying to work this out on my own but I don't seem to get it working. I have an input that contains start and end flags and I want to replace a certain char, but only if it's between the flags. So for example if the…
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Regex: Remove empty sections from INI (Text) files where the files could contain multiple such sections

I have below resultant php.ini file, after I was able to remove the comments & spaces thro' some simple Regex find/replace steps: [PHP] engine = On short_open_tag = Off .... .... [CLI Server] cli_server.color =…
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Match URL string on different situations with a single regex

I am trying to match a url in four different situations: With no attributes Link without other attr With other attributes Link with other…
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Google App Script - Web App - Not saving forum data in Google Sheets in the correct format

Here is a Google App Script Form that I created to save submissions into a Google Sheet. Code.gs function doGet() { var template = HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile('Page'); return template.evaluate(); } function processForm(form) { var ss =…
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Need a regex that captures date & amount fields & ignore blank lines & other miscellaneous data

Goal: Capture only the purchase date, amount, and purchased item name(s). Ignore all blank lines Ignore Reference # & SHIPPING AND TAX string Then, repeat this on the next grouping of purchases. I am using Google Sheets for this project. Sample…
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How do I run a regex replace on all elements of a list of Strings in HQL?

I have the query: @Query("SELECT t FROM thing t WHERE t.code in :codes") public List getThingsByCodeList(@Param("codes") List codes); and now I need to ignore hyphens in the query so I remove all the hyphens from t.codes…
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regular expression to remove all other words except the words between special characters in notepad++

I am trying to create a regex in Notepad++ to remove words except those enclosed between special characters. I am using this regex \<.*?\> which removes the words along with text. Eg: Sample text random text random text random text
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PostgreSQL regex_replace substitution for 2 groups

I have column in Postgres db which has text in char varying data type. The text includes an uri which contains file name and resembles as below; The file is a file of…
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Regex replace last part of url path if condition matches?

I am basically trying to remove the last part of a URL if the URL contains the path /ice/flag/. Example: Input: https://test.com/plants/ice/flag/237468372912873 Desired Output: Because the above URL has /ice/flag/ in its path, I want the last part…
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How would I import YouTube video views into google sheets?

I have a list of videos for which I want to easily see the number of views. Is there a way to do that with REGEXREPLACE, or some other way?
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mySQL regex_replace remove all beginning numbers from mixed input

I need a regex pattern to remove all numeric input from the beginning of a field that stops at the first alphabetic character and leaves any remaining numbers that follow alphabetic characters. Here is the simplest test case. CREATE TABLE tempdemo…
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Which pattern and substitution for Regex.Replace can replace all space present inside <>?

I have data in a non-standard format which I am trying to convert to intelligible json. Format is like dataheads@first{ first_data = ; second_data = <>;}; I need in this…
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