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    • guy038G
      guy038
      last edited by

      Hi, @richard-howard and All,

      Ah… OK ! In my regex, I suppose that the line, beginning with <link ••••• till the string xlink:href=“IETM://•••••#••••••••••” was on a single line !

      As it can be split in two lines, I found out the right solution. But before providing this new S/R, I need additional information !

      Is your INPUT text like :

      <?xml version="1.0"?>
<root xmlns:xlink="URI">
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S50005#S50005-TOOL1" xreftype="table">
<prompt>Multimeter</prompt>
</link>
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S50005#S50018-TOOL15" xreftype="table">
<prompt>Multimeter</prompt>
</link>
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S50005#S50022-TOOL723" xreftype="table">
<prompt>Multimeter</prompt>
</link>
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S50005#S50099-TOOL0" xreftype="table">
<prompt>Multimeter</prompt>
</link>
</root>

      So, the string, between // and the # char, is always S50005 and then the OUTPUT would be :

      <root xmlns:xlink=“URI”>
<xref itemid=“S50005-TOOL1” wpid=“S50005” />
<xref itemid=“S50018-TOOL15” wpid=“S50005” />
<xref itemid=“S50022-TOOL723” wpid=“S50005” />
<xref itemid=“S50099-TOOL0” wpid=“S50005” />
</root>

      OR do you mean :

      <?xml version="1.0"?>
<root xmlns:xlink="URI">
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S50005#S50005-TOOL1" xreftype="table">
<prompt>Multimeter</prompt>
</link>
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S50018#S50018-TOOL15" xreftype="table">
<prompt>Multimeter</prompt>
</link>
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S50022#S50022-TOOL723" xreftype="table">
<prompt>Multimeter</prompt>
</link>
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S50099#S50099-TOOL0" xreftype="table">
<prompt>Multimeter</prompt>
</link>
</root>

      And, in this case, the string, between // and the # char is just repeated right after the # character and, then, the OUTPUT would be :

      <root xmlns:xlink=“URI”>
<xref itemid=“S50005-TOOL1” wpid=“S50005” />
<xref itemid=“S50018-TOOL15” wpid=“S50018” />
<xref itemid=“S50022-TOOL723” wpid=“S50022” />
<xref itemid=“S50099-TOOL0” wpid=“S50099” />
</root>

      Tell me which solution ( A or B ) is desired, or, may be, an other one !

      See you later

      Cheers,

      guy038

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      • Richard HowardR
        Richard Howard @guy038
        last edited by

        @guy038
        Hey Guy,
        It is B. The wpid is included in the Tool number.
        Thanks again!

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        • Richard HowardR
          Richard Howard @Richard Howard
          last edited by

          @Richard-Howard
          Or rather, the wpid is included in the itemid.
          Either way, it’s B.
          Thank you!

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          • guy038G
            guy038
            last edited by guy038

            Hello, @richard-howard and All,

            Finally, after some thought, I realized that the new regex S/R does not care at all, about cases A or B as it just rewrites :

            • The part after the # char, as the item-id attribute, whatever its value

            • The part before the # char as the wpid attribute, whatever its value

            So, here is this new S/R :

            SEARCH (?-i)<link (?s:.+?)//(?-s)(.+)#(.+?)"(?s:.+?)</link>

            REPLACE <xref itemid="\2" wpid="\1" />    ( Unchanged )

            Nevertheless, note that I assume that the part IETM://•••••#••••••••••” is always written on a single line ! In the opposite case just tell me !

            Best Regards,

            guy038

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            • Richard HowardR
              Richard Howard @guy038
              last edited by

              @guy038 said in Replace xml tagging:

              (?-i)<link (?s:.+?)//(?-s)(.+)#(.+?)"(?s:.+?)</link>

              Hello Guy,
              I believe the part IETM://*****#********** will always be on one line.
              I am still having trouble getting the Find/Replace to find the string.
              “Can’t find the text “(?-i)<link (?s:.+?)//(?-s)(.+)#(.+?)”(?s:.+?)</link>”"
              It’s like it’s looking for that literal string, instead of what the coding is intending it to find?
              Anyway, I sure appreciate your efforts!
              Maybe I"m doing something wrong?
              I do have Wrap Around and Regular Expression selected.
              Thanks,
              Richard

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              • guy038G
                guy038
                last edited by

                Hi, @richard-howard and All,

                OK ! So, let’s try with this INPUT text, pasted in a new tab :

                <?xml version="1.0"?>
<root xmlns:xlink="URI">
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S50005#S50005-TOOL1" xreftype="table">
<prompt>Multimeter</prompt>
</link>
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S50018#S50018-TOOL15" xreftype="table">
<prompt>Multimeter</prompt>
</link>
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S50022#S50022-TOOL723" xreftype="table">
<prompt>Multimeter</prompt>
</link>
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S50099#S50099-TOOL0" xreftype="table">
<prompt>Multimeter</prompt>
</link>
</root>

                After using the following S/R :

                SEARCH (?-i)<link (?s:.+?)//(?-s)(.+)#(.+?)"(?s:.+?)</link>

                REPLACE <xref itemid="\2" wpid="\1" />

                You should be left with this OUTPUT text :

                <?xml version="1.0"?>
<root xmlns:xlink="URI">
<xref itemid="S50005-TOOL1" wpid="S50005" />
<xref itemid="S50018-TOOL15" wpid="S50018" />
<xref itemid="S50022-TOOL723" wpid="S50022" />
<xref itemid="S50099-TOOL0" wpid="S50099" />
</root>

                Do you obtain this result ? If yes but you still have some problems with your real text, this means that the general template of your file is slightly different from my example ;-))

                Cheers

                guy038

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                • Richard HowardR
                  Richard Howard @guy038
                  last edited by

                  Ok - I have had some success, but not always.
                  Apparently it is dependent on the line structuring, which you have suggested earlier.
                  When I adjusted the text to line up with your example, line-by-line, it works!
                  The alignment is not always in this form however.
                  Here is a block of code from one file. As you can see, the text is not lined up consistently.
                  In this case, the search criteria Does find three of these four. It does not find the 3rd one, with the starting link tag at the end of the line.
                  Any way to allow for this random type structuring?
                  Progress!
                  Thanks!!

                  <testeqp>
                  <testeqp-setup-item><name>A/B Interface Cable Qty: 4</name><itemref>
                  <link linkaction=“immediate” linktype=“return”
                  xlink:href=“IETM://S60005#S60005-TOOL74” xreftype=“table”><prompt

                  A/B Interface Cable</prompt></link></itemref></testeqp-setup-item>
                  <testeqp-setup-item><name>Adapter TDCU J1 (Bradley A3 # 2)</name>
                  <itemref><link linkaction=“immediate” linktype=“return”
                  xlink:href=“IETM://S60002#S6A002-coeiitem40” xreftype=“table”><prompt
                  Adapter TDCU J1 (Bradley A3 # 2) </prompt></link></itemref>
                  </testeqp-setup-item>
                  <testeqp-setup-item><name>BRM Personality Adapter </name><itemref><link
                  linkaction=“immediate” linktype=“return”
                  xlink:href=“IETM://S60005#S60005-TOOL2” xreftype=“table”><prompt>BRM
                  Personality Adapter </prompt></link></itemref></testeqp-setup-item>
                  <testeqp-setup-item><name>Interconnect Device ICD No. 1</name><itemref>
                  <link linkaction=“immediate” linktype=“return”
                  xlink:href=“IETM://S60005#S60005-TOOL10” xreftype=“table”><prompt
                  Interconnect Device ICD No. 1 </prompt></link></itemref>
                  </testeqp-setup-item>

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                  • PeterJonesP
                    PeterJones @Richard Howard
                    last edited by

                    @Richard-Howard said in Replace xml tagging:

                    As you can see, the text is not lined up consistently.

                    FYI, we cannot see that. @guy038 has been doing an excellent job of guessing your meaning, but you have not been using the instructions for Formatting Forum Posts, which are linked in the Please Read Before Posting post in the top of this Help wanted section of the forum – and this makes some aspects of the data, like leading spaces or other certain characters, not visible by us. On the other hand, @guy038’s posts have been using this formatting advice, which makes his replies to you really easy to understand, so that you know exactly what data he is using, and can see the regexes stand out in red text, and any indenting or special characters come through correctly. If you were to follow this formatting advice, it would be much easier for us all (including @guy038) to know what your data really is.

                    ----

                    Do you want regex search/replace help? Then please be patient and polite, show some effort, and be willing to learn; answer questions and requests for clarification that are made of you. All example text should be marked as literal text using the </> toolbar button or manual formatting commands.

                    To make regex in red (and so they keep their special characters like *), use backticks, like `^.*?blah.*?\z`. Screenshots can be pasted from the clipboard to your post using Ctrl+V to show graphical items, but any text should be included as literal text in your post so we can easily copy/paste your data.

                    Show the data you have and the text you want to get from that data; include examples of things that should match and be transformed, and things that don’t match and should be left alone; show edge cases and make sure you examples are as varied as your real data. Show the regex you already tried, and why you thought it should work; tell us what’s wrong with what you do get.

                    Read the official NPP Searching / Regex docs and the forum’s Regular Expression FAQ. If you follow these guidelines, you’re much more likely to get helpful replies that solve your problem in the shortest number of tries.

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                    • Richard HowardR
                      Richard Howard @PeterJones
                      last edited by

                      @PeterJones
                      Hello Peter. Thank you for that helpful advise. I’ll take a look at the Formatting Forum Posts and try to do a better job.
                      Sounds like Guy is really going over and above in trying to help me. I appreciate all of the help.

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                      • Richard HowardR
                        Richard Howard @Richard Howard
                        last edited by

                        @Richard-Howard
                        Ok - using the Code insert, here is the code sample I am wanting to show.

                        <testeqp>
<testeqp-setup-item><name>A/B Interface Cable Qty: 4</name><itemref>
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S60005#S60005-TOOL74" xreftype="table"><prompt
>A/B Interface Cable</prompt></link></itemref></testeqp-setup-item>
<testeqp-setup-item><name>Adapter TDCU J1 (Bradley A3 # 2)</name>
<itemref><link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S60002#S6A002-coeiitem40" xreftype="table"><prompt
>Adapter TDCU J1 (Bradley A3 # 2) </prompt></link></itemref>
</testeqp-setup-item>
<testeqp-setup-item><name>BRM Personality Adapter </name><itemref><link
linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S60005#S60005-TOOL2" xreftype="table"><prompt>BRM
Personality Adapter </prompt></link></itemref></testeqp-setup-item>
<testeqp-setup-item><name>Interconnect Device ICD No. 1</name><itemref>
<link linkaction="immediate" linktype="return"
xlink:href="IETM://S60005#S60005-TOOL10" xreftype="table"><prompt
>Interconnect Device ICD No. 1 </prompt></link></itemref>
</testeqp-setup-item>
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                        • guy038G
                          guy038
                          last edited by guy038

                          Hello, @richard-howard, @peterjones and All,

                          First, thanks for providing your INPUT text in a raw form ! However, at the same time, you should have provided your expected OUTPUT text which is :

                          <testeqp>
<testeqp-setup-item><name>A/B Interface Cable Qty: 4</name><itemref>
<xref itemid="S60005-TOOL74" wpid="S60005" /></itemref></testeqp-setup-item>
<testeqp-setup-item><name>Adapter TDCU J1 (Bradley A3 # 2)</name>
<itemref><xref itemid="S6A002-coeiitem40" wpid="S60002" /></itemref>
</testeqp-setup-item>
<testeqp-setup-item><name>BRM Personality Adapter </name><itemref><xref itemid="S60005-TOOL2" wpid="S60005" /></itemref></testeqp-setup-item>
<testeqp-setup-item><name>Interconnect Device ICD No. 1</name><itemref>
<xref itemid="S60005-TOOL10" wpid="S60005" /></itemref>
</testeqp-setup-item>

                          Isn’t it ?

                          Of course, I slightly modified the regex S/R, replacing a single literal space char by the expression \s+ which matches any non-null range of consecutive blank characters ( either \x20, \t, \xA0, \r, \n, \x0B \f and few others )

                          So my last version is :

                          SEARCH (?-i)<link\s+(?s:.+?)//(?-s)(.+)#(.+?)"(?s:.+?)</link>

                          REPLACE <xref itemid="\2" wpid="\1" />

                          If you want, in addition, to isolate the part replaced ( <xref itemid="•••••••••" wpid="•••••" /> ), in a single line, change the REPLACE regex with :

                          REPLACE \r\n<xref itemid="\2" wpid="\1" />\r\n    ( or \n<xref itemid="\2" wpid="\1" />\n if you work on Unix files )

                          If you expect any other OUTPUT displaying, just tell me !

                          BR

                          guy038

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                          • Richard HowardR
                            Richard Howard @guy038
                            last edited by

                            Hello @guy038
                            Despite my stumbling around here and providing you with less than perfect info to work with, I believe you have my issue resolved! This latest edition does seem to be working universally! You have been such a tremendous help. It is so appreciated. And Peter, I do thank you for pointing me in a better direction. Is there a proper way for me to report such outstanding help?
                            Thanks again.
                            Richard

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                            • Richard HowardR
                              Richard Howard @Richard Howard
                              last edited by

                              @Richard-Howard
                              Guy, I’d like to credit your contribution. Is there a mechanism for that?
                              You helped me save hours in conversion time!

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                              • PeterJonesP
                                PeterJones @Richard Howard
                                last edited by

                                @Richard-Howard said in Replace xml tagging:

                                @Richard-Howard
                                Guy, I’d like to credit your contribution. Is there a mechanism for that?
                                You helped me save hours in conversion time!

                                Clicking the little ^ by each post will “upvote” the post, giving the author of that post an extra “reputation point”.
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                                Other than that, there’s no other “credit” mechanism or “report outstanding help” in the forum.

                                But being polite and saying “thank you” (as you have done) are appreciated – probably more than upvotes. :-) (At least, that’s true for me, and I assume for @guy038 as well.)

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                                • Richard HowardR
                                  Richard Howard @PeterJones
                                  last edited by

                                  @PeterJones
                                  Thanks Peter. I’m starting to get the hang of it ( I hope :) ).

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                                  • PeterJonesP
                                    PeterJones @Richard Howard
                                    last edited by

                                    @Richard-Howard

                                    I’m starting to get the hang of it ( I hope :) ).

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                                    It worked. Good job. :-)

                                    And a note: one of the things I like about this site, compared to certain stack-based exchange forums, is that this site doesn’t limit you to “one right answer”; many times, there are multiple posts in a discussion that help lead to a final answer, and I like being able to reward them all.

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