Regex to match spaces in a URL

progonkpa

I want to replace spaces in URLs in src attributes using a regex e.g.
src="http :// jos / bos " (remove spaces in string between the quotes)

I found this regex to select the string between the quotes on regexr.com.
(?![src=“]).*(?=”)

When I use this regex in Notepad++, it doesn’t match.

Also, if I replace .* with a space but this is due to my poor regex skills.

Any help appreciated, kr.

Ekopalypse

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guy038

Hello, @progonkpa and All,

I suppose that the following regex S/R sould do the job !

SEARCH (?-is)(?:<img\x20+src="\K|\G)(?:\x20*([^"\x20\r\n]+)|\x20+)

REPLACE \1

Remarks :

Due to the \G syntax, the initial location of the cursor must not be followed with space characters
Tick the Wrap around option
Select the Regular expression search mode
Because of the \K syntax, click on the Replace All button, exclusively. ( Do not use the Replace button ! )

Notes :

If we use the Free-spacing mode (?x), this regex can be expressed as :

(?x-is) (?: <img \x20+ src="  \K  | \G )  (?: \x20*  ( [^"\x20\r\n]+ )  |  \x20+ )

So the regex engine is looking for a string <img src=", first, with this exact case
Then , due the \K syntax, anything being matched, so far, is canceled and the regex engine, now, searches, either, for :
- A non-null range of non-space characters, possibly preceded by space chars
- A non-null range of space characters
Then, due the \G syntax, it searches, for the same ranges, as above, right after the location of the last match. If a match cannot be found, it tries, again, to find an other string <img src=" and so on…
Note that the (?:...........) structures are non-capturing groups which do not store anything for further use, either, in search and/or replacement !
In replacement, we only rewrite the non-space characters [^"\x20\r\n]+ stored in group 1

Best Regards,

guy038