From: AngusC <anguscomber@gmail.com>
To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: regexp with match over multiple lines
Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 11:17:07 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <31552827.post@talk.nabble.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DC2DE30.3020502@easy-emacs.de>
Andreas Röhler wrote:
>
> Am 05.05.2011 11:05, schrieb AngusC:
>>
>> I want to remove all instances of<![CDATA[ ... ]]> data in a file. My
>> regexp works if the start and end tag is on the same line. But not if
>> the
>> end tag is not on this same line. Is it possible to apply regex across
>> multiple lines.
>>
>> My regex is:<\!\[CDATA\[.*\]\]> and that works if all on one line.
>>
>> What can I do? Is this where lisp required?
>>
>> Angus
>
> Hi,
>
> when dealing with expressions characterized by a start- and end
> string, quite often a little function is convenient:
>
> Below a simplified example:
>
> (setq startstring "abc")
> (setq endstring "def")
>
> (defun my-start-end-delete ()
> " "
> (interactive "*")
> (let (beg)
> (while (search-forward startstring nil (quote move) 1)
> (setq beg (match-beginning 0))
> (when (search-forward endstring nil (quote move) 1)
> (delete-region beg (match-end 0))))))
>
> abcABCDEFdefAAAAAAAAAA -> AAAAAAAAAA
>
>
I am thinking I probably need to learn lisp to have real power. More regex
would probably help.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-05 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-05 9:05 regexp with match over multiple lines AngusC
2011-05-05 10:04 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-05-05 16:58 ` AngusC
2011-05-05 17:02 ` Deniz Dogan
2011-05-05 18:15 ` AngusC
2011-05-05 20:05 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-05-05 22:10 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-05-06 11:10 ` AngusC
2011-05-06 12:35 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-05-06 11:20 ` AngusC
2011-05-06 13:52 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-05-05 13:08 ` ken
2011-05-05 17:28 ` Andreas Röhler
2011-05-05 18:17 ` AngusC [this message]
2011-05-06 8:27 ` Andreas Röhler
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