How to remove unwanted space in html tags?

[NZ Select]

My html code has some errors

It contains space inside the html tags

Correct ones like
</p>, </div>

The current code is like
</ p> or </ div>

How to trim/strip all space inside <> by RegEx in Notepad++?

Thanks in advance for sharing your RegEx wisdom.

[astrosofista]

Hi @NZ-Select

Try this S/R regex:

Search: (?<=</)\x20+(?=\w+>)
Replace: [leave empty]

Take care.

[NZ Select]

@astrosofista said in How to remove unwanted space in html tags?:

(?<=</)\x20+(?=\w+>)

Thanks for the reply.

I tried the code
(?<=</)\x20+(?=\w+>)
It does not seem to be taking an effect
Here is the code
https://regex101.com/r/43a61h/2

[astrosofista]

Hi @NZ-Select

The regex works fine for the provided examples, as I tested on Notepad++.

For the new examples, try this one:

Search: (?-s)< *?(/\w+) *?>
Replace: <$1>

Take care.

[NZ Select]

@astrosofista said in How to remove unwanted space in html tags?:

(?-s)< *?(/\w+) *?>

Thank you, it indeed works in Notepad++

What if I also want to remove like < / div >, in which the forward slash and div has a space?

Here is the screenshot:

[astrosofista]

Hi @NZ-Select

I was expecting that one :) Easy to solve, indeed, the new regex solves this and the previous ones:

Search: (?-s)< *?(/) *?(\w+) *?>
Replace: <$1$2>

Take care.

[NZ Select]

@astrosofista said in How to remove unwanted space in html tags?:

<$1$2>

A big thank you, it solved my problem beautifully.

Amazing RegEx code!
Saving me hours of work.
And I hope it is helpful for other people who want to remove the tags as well.

Thank you @astrosofista

[astrosofista]

Hi @NZ-Select

You’re welcome. Glad to be of help.

If you want to get involved in regex —is not that hard—, let me suggest you to take a look at this page:

https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/searching/#regular-expressions

Hope this helps.

[NZ Select]

@astrosofista
Thank you for the resource.

[WinterSilence]

use tiny/xml plugin

[NZ Select]

@WinterSilence said in How to remove unwanted space in html tags?:

use tiny/xml plugin

Can you send me the url of tiny/xml plugin?
I searched this plugin, no result found.

[Olivier Thomas]

Search: (?<!>) (?=[/>\w])
Replace: