Match and replace specific word between two tag symbol

[Jade Owen]

Hi,
I’m trying to rename a specific word within tag symbol and i just cant figure it out and already tried looking on examples but still I’m stuck. Kindly please help.

Example: I want to rename the word “LOCAL” to “SPACE” but only within <div>xx…xx</div>.
<div>xxMETADATA-LOCALX1-ROOMG1-LEVELB2xx</div>
<div class=“metadata”>METADATA-LOCALX1-ROOMG1-LEVELB2</div>

Expected Result:
<div>xxMETADATA-LOCALX1-SPACEG1-LEVELB2xx</div>
<div class=“metadata”>METADATA-LOCALX1-ROOMG1-LEVELB2</div>

Thank you very much.

[guy038]

Hello, @jade-owen,

I’m a bit perplexed ! Indeed, from your example, it looks as you would change the upper-case string ROOM with the upper-case string SPACE, when within a <div>.......</div> range, only… and NOT the LOCAL string !!

If it’s really what you want, the regex, below, should do the job, strictly !

SEARCH (?-is)(<div>.*?LOCAL..-)(.*?)(?=..-.*?</div>)

REPLACE \1SPACE

OPTIONS Tick the Wrap around and Regular expression options

ACTION Click, once, on the Replace All button, or several times on the Replace button

Best Regards,

guy038

P.S. :

Generally speaking, it’s important to point out that regexes are very dependent of the text they are applying against ! Even a simple additional space character, in a text, can break out matches detection of a well-formed regex !

So, I advice everyone, which wants a specific search/replacement, to carefully describe :

• The searched text which must be matched

• The replacement text which will be inserted, instead

Doing this way should help out to build the right regex(es) and assures you to get a quicker solution, too ;-))