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kanenas

Reputation: 879

Search / and replace it with ; in xml tag with sublime text 3

I am working on an .xml file with this tag

<Categories><![CDATA[Test/Test1-Test2-Test3|Test4/Test5-Test6|Test7/Test8]]></Categories>

and I am trying to replace / with ; by using regular expressions in Sublime Text 3.

The output should be

<Categories><![CDATA[Test;Test1-Test2-Test3|Test4;Test5-Test6|Test7;Test8]]></Categories>

When I use this (<Categories>\S+)\/(.+</Categories>) it matches all the line and of course if I use this \/ it matches all / everywhere inside the .xml file.

Could you please help?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 333

Answers (1)

The fourth bird
The fourth bird

Reputation: 163457

For you example string, you could make use of a \G to assert the position at the end of the previous match and use \K to forget what has already been matched and then match a forward slash.

In the replacement use a ;

Use a positive lookahead to assert what is on the right is ]]></Categories>

(?:<Categories><!\[CDATA\[|\G(?!^))[^/]*\K/(?=[^][]*]]></Categories>)

Explanation

  • (?: Non capturing group
    • <Categories><!\[CDATA\[ Match <Categories><![CDATA[
    • | Or
    • \G(?!^) Assert the position at the end of the previous match, not at the start
  • ) Close non capturing group
  • [^/]* Match 0+ times not / using a negated character class
  • \K/ Forget what was matched, then match /
  • (?= Positive lookahead, assert what is on the right is
    • [^][]*]]></Categories> Match 0+ times not [ or ], then match ]]></Categories>
  • ) Close positive lookahead

Regex demo

Upvotes: 2

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