Find and replace help needed, multiple variables

Hi everyone,
Im trying to find all urls in my code that start in a particular way but have a number variable at the end, see examples below
<a href="/example/examplefolder/enquiry.asp?pid=123">
<a href="/example/examplefolder/enquiry.asp?pid=485">
<a href="/example/examplefolder/enquiry.asp?pid=284">
and replace them with one url, see example below
<a href="/example/examplefolder/default.asp">
How can I use Dreamweaver find and replace to achieve this across my whole website?
So far I only know how to find one thing and replace with another, rather than finding variables and replacing them with one thing.
Thanks for your help with this!

In the Find field of the Find and Replace dialog box, enter this:
(href\s*=\s*\"\/example\/examplefolder\/enquiry\.asp)\?pid=\d+(\")
In the Replace field, enter this:
$1$2
Select the "Use regular expression" checkbox.
Explanation:
The two sets of parentheses are capturing groups, which capture the actual values as $1 and $2.
The \s* matches zero or more spaces.
\" matches a double quote.
\/ matches a forward slash.
\? matches a question mark
\d+ matches one or more numbers.
I have written a two-part tutorial on using regular expressions, which can be found here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/regular_expressions_pt1.html.
Message was edited by: David_Powers (adding explanation of double quote).

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