Wild Card Bold Between 2 Characters in a string

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Hello folks,:)

I have a document that has html in it.

I am trying to bold between 2 characters in the HTML

Bold anything between first character angle and

In between there may be letters and Numbers and ” quotation marks and an equal sign

This is what I have so far after failure of other methods – this doe not work

<[[d]A-z0-9"=]+>

it should bold

Hello

Hello

I have tried a lot of combinations and cant seem to fix this

I appreciate the assistance from the resident pros on regex wildcards

thanks

pb

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PB,

This RegEx string: [noparse]()[/noparse]

Should do the trick.

Document Before:
44364-RegExBefore

Setup of S&R:
44365-RegExResults

Document After:
44366-RegExAfter

HTH :cheers:

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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RG,

nice to see you again.:D

I dont know how you did it but its sings beautifully, if there was an idiom to explain my elation.

()

Wow I am really impressed, i have spent hours on online regex testers, had to give up in the end.:(

Smashing

thanks ever so much

have a fantastic day!!:cheers:

pb

oh and as always thanks for the screen shots – i really did have to look at it 3 times

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PB,

Here’s an explaination of the RegEx:

[*]() are used to group items, used in the replace command. Note there are 3 groupings thus the 123 in the example.
[*] is the Escape character, e.g. treat the following character as a normal character not a RegEx special meaning.
[*] end of word this is why they are Escaped in the sample in the previous post since we want to fine the HTML Tags.
[*][ ] Any of the included characeters/character Ranges, indicated by -, e.g.: A-Z
[*]{n,n} Find at least (1st n) this many of the items in the previous group, (2nd n) find no more than this many occurrences of previous group. Thus in our example it must find at least 2 “<d" and we don't care how many thus no limit specified.
[*]

OOPS! I just realized I forgot the 0-9 range in the second grouping!

HTH :cheers:

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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You could use just:
Find = ]@>

I can’t see the point of the grouping or the need for all the other character testing in the expression.

Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

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You could use just:
Find = ]@>

Paul,

This intrigued me so I gave it a try but got this:
44369-PaulRegex

Am I missing something? :cheers:

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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Paul & RG,

thank you ever so much.

I try to avoid regex and wild cards – I start off full of hope and soon enough Ive got it all back wards,
but as we know they are an occupational hazard to the uninitiated;)

I am very obliged

Good Evening to all

pb

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Did you check the ‘use wildcards’ option?

Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

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Paul,

44372-HomerDOH

Works Like a Charm! :cheers:

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

PowerShell & VBA Rule!
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