Find line including string, copy this line and replace numbers in xml fie

ottiditto

Hello,
is there any chance in notepad++ to manipulate an xml file in the following manner?

the xml file contains multiple lines an different positions conraining the string “>NAME”
The whole line containing this string should be copied directly behind the found line.

The same line contains a string "layer=“25"”
After the copying process there are existing always two identical lines with the same content.
In every second line containing "layer=“25"” the “25” should be replaced by “21”.

I only managed up to now to bookmark the linemincluding “>NAME” with the Find/Mark Function .

Thanks for your help!
best regards

pbarney

Does >NAME come before layer="25" in a line? (for example, <component name=">NAME" layer="25">) or is it reversed? (for example, <shape type="circle" layer="25">NAME CircleOne</shape>)

I’ll assume the second case as that’s more typical with XML files.

Find: (?-s)^((.*? layer=")(25)(".*?>NAME.*\R))
Replace with: \1\221\4

Example Input:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
><document>
>    <shapes>
>        <shape type="circle" layer="25">NAME CircleOne</shape>
>        <shape type="square" layer="25">NAME SquareOne</shape>
>        <shape type="triangle" layer="25">NAME TriangleOne</shape>
>        <shape type="hexagon" layer="25">NAME HexagonOne</shape>
>    </shapes>
>    <layers>
>        <layer id="1" layer="25">NAME LayerOne</layer>
>        <layer id="2" layer="25">NAME LayerTwo</layer>
>        <layer id="3" layer="25">NAME LayerThree</layer>
>        <layer id="4" layer="25">NAME LayerFour</layer>
>    </layers>
>    <components>
>        <component id="A" layer="25">NAME ComponentA</component>
>        <component id="B" layer="25">NAME ComponentB</component>
>        <component id="C" layer="25">NAME ComponentC</component>
>        <component id="D" layer="25">NAME ComponentD</component>
>    </components>
></document>

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<document>
    <shapes>
        <shape type="circle" layer="25">NAME CircleOne</shape>
        <shape type="circle" layer="21">NAME CircleOne</shape>
        <shape type="square" layer="25">NAME SquareOne</shape>
        <shape type="square" layer="21">NAME SquareOne</shape>
        <shape type="triangle" layer="25">NAME TriangleOne</shape>
        <shape type="triangle" layer="21">NAME TriangleOne</shape>
        <shape type="hexagon" layer="25">NAME HexagonOne</shape>
        <shape type="hexagon" layer="21">NAME HexagonOne</shape>
    </shapes>
    <layers>
        <layer id="1" layer="25">NAME LayerOne</layer>
        <layer id="1" layer="21">NAME LayerOne</layer>
        <layer id="2" layer="25">NAME LayerTwo</layer>
        <layer id="2" layer="21">NAME LayerTwo</layer>
        <layer id="3" layer="25">NAME LayerThree</layer>
        <layer id="3" layer="21">NAME LayerThree</layer>
        <layer id="4" layer="25">NAME LayerFour</layer>
        <layer id="4" layer="21">NAME LayerFour</layer>
    </layers>
    <components>
        <component id="A" layer="25">NAME ComponentA</component>
        <component id="A" layer="21">NAME ComponentA</component>
        <component id="B" layer="25">NAME ComponentB</component>
        <component id="B" layer="21">NAME ComponentB</component>
        <component id="C" layer="25">NAME ComponentC</component>
        <component id="C" layer="21">NAME ComponentC</component>
        <component id="D" layer="25">NAME ComponentD</component>
        <component id="D" layer="21">NAME ComponentD</component>
    </components>
</document>

If, for some reason, >NAME always precedes layer="25", then just swap the elements in the regex like this:

(?-s)^((.*?>NAME.*? layer=")(25)(".*\R))

ottiditto

@pbarney Thanks for your reply!
I will check your suggestion tomorrow and will reply,
Best regards