Search and replace with wildcard?

I always use search and replace with Homesite but I wonder if
there is a way of using a wildcard? I often want to replace text at
the beginning and end of variable text. I mean, if I have this:
<h3>First text</h3>
<h3>Second text here</h3>
What I'd like is, using the * as a wildcard, is to use
something like this:
Replace <h3>*</h3> with <h2>*</h2>
Any ideas? Thanks

Make a backup first, in case this doesn't work (although it should).
Use this in the Find field:
countryText = "([^"]*)";
And this in the Replace field:
<countryText>$1</countryText>

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help.. i had my site hacked and they stuck a script at the
end of every file and i need to do a find and replace to remove all
of that coding.
the problem is that the coding is different on every page and
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tyankee wrote:
> help.. i had my site hacked and they stuck a script at
the end of every file
> and i need to do a find and replace to remove all of
that coding.
>
> the problem is that the coding is different on every
page and i dont want to
> have to remove it from 1000+ pages.
>
> i'm pretty sure you can do this with dreamweaver.. all
of the bogus coding is
> after the </html> at the end of the page.
>
> can anyone help?
>
> here is an example of the coding:
>
>
>
Find <\/html>.*
Replace with:</html>
Use: RegEx
Mick

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> delete each one. I've looked at using regular expression
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I always use search and replace with Homesite but I wonder if
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<h3>First text</h3>
<h3>Second text here</h3>
What I'd like is, using the * as a wildcard, is to use
something like this:
Replace <h3>*</h3> with <h2>*</h2>
Any ideas? Thanks

you can use the extended search/replace with regular
expressions to do this.
So for example. Bring up the Extended Replace (Ctrl + Shift +
R)
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Hi, I try to search and replace with Dreamweaver a code
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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="
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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

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Mick
frafad wrote:
> Hi, I try to search and replace with Dreamweaver a code
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>
> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
>
> Some parts of this code like : PR_AID_MA and PRESSE are
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> pages.
>
> I tried to use regexp but i didn't find the good syntax.
>
> Anyone Know about this and could you give me an exemple
> thanks.
>
>

Search and Replace String throwing the wrong error message with regexp?

This came up in a LAVA thread, and I'm not sure if there's a bug here or not. When using Search and Replace string, and using a regular expression of [(G[b|i])], LabVIEW throws error -4622, "There is an unmatched parenthesis in a regular expression." There are obviously no unmatched parenthesis in that expression, so it seems to me that the wrong error is being thrown. I'm just not sure if that's a syntactically valid regexp. The problem seems to be with nesting [ ]'s inside ( )'s inside [ ]'s. I've tried a couple of regexp resources on the Web, and one suggests it's valid, while the other seems to think it isn't.
Message Edited by eaolson on 03-13-2007 10:33 AM
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ATML_StandardUnit2.vi ‏10 KB
regexp.png ‏5 KB

adambrewster wrote:
I think your regexp is invalid.
In regexps, brackets are not the same as parentheses. Parens are for grouping, while brackets are for matching one of a class of characters. Brackets can not be nested.
If the regexp is replaced with [G[bi]], there is no error, so it's not a matter of nested brackets. I couldn't find anything on the PCRE man page that forbids nested brackets specifically, but it makes sense.
Your expression "[(G[bi])]", therefore parses as a character class which matches '(', 'G', '[', 'b', or 'i' followed by an unmatched paren, and an unmatched bracket.
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One Single regular expression which matches the pattern and solve the issue.
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If me wish to don't search never trip etc...,
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As stated, no, it can't be done. But that doesn't mean you have to make a separate pass over the input for each word you want to replace. You can employ a regex that matches any word, then use the lower-level Matcher methods to replace the word or not depending on what was matched. Here's an example: import java.util.*;
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