Finding html tags and everything between them on >>multiple lines?

semicodin

Can Notepad++ find (for example):
<script> some stuff some more stuff (new line)
and more stuff </script>

I’m trying to get rid of the bloat-code on an HTML document. Thanks for any help!

guy038

The correct regex to match any range of characters, even on several lines, with the syntax :

- <script .....>................... </script>

or :

- <script> ........................ </script>

is (?s-i)<(script)( |>).*?</\1>

Notes :

The initial part (?s-i) are modifiers, which forces the regex engine to consider that :
- The special dot character can match, absolutely, any character ( Standard or End of Line characters )
- The search will be performed in a sensitive way ( = non-insensitive )
Then, the first part <(script)( |>) tries to match, either, the string <script> OR the string <script, followed with a space character. Note that the word script, embedded in round parentheses, stands for group 1
The third part </\1> matches the exact string </script>
And the second part .*? represents the shortest range of any character between part 1 and part 3

IMPORTANT :

Don’t forgot that this simple regex supposes that no other block <script......</script> is nested, inside the initial block !

Best Regards,

guy038