Using regex to insert text BEFORE a line containing something (Notepad++)?

Question

I have several lines like this:

Apples
__________
B
C

Bananas
___________
D
E

Carrots
____________
F 
G

I would like to make it so that Apples, bananas, and carrots are each their own separate heading in html. So I would like to do a regex search for 3 consecutive underscores or more and then insert html heading tags in the line preceding it. Can someone tell me how to do this with Notepad++ regex search and replace?

Ωmega · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-26 13:54:42Z

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Search for

(^|\n)(.*)([\n\r]+)(_{3,})([\n\r]|$)

and replace it with

$1<h1>$2</h1>$5

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edited Nov 26, 2012 at 13:54

answered Nov 26, 2012 at 13:39

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user964946 Over a year ago

I've tried both of the previous suggestions in regex and extended, and it cannot find relevant text. What am I doing wrong?

Robert Koritnik Over a year ago

@Ωmega: Maybe OP's having a problem with line breaks and carriage returns. But apart from that your expression should be fine. +1 P.S. you should change your username because it's second to impossible to refer to you. It may seem fancy but it would be better if it started with a standard letter

user964946 Over a year ago

If it's a problem with line breaks and carriage returns, how do I fix that? I think that has screwed me up once before.

Ωmega Over a year ago

@user964946 - Use (^|\n)(.*)([\n\r]+)(\s*_{3,})([\n\r]|$). You have there probably some extra spaces.

user964946 Over a year ago

Thank you everyone for their input! I guess what's wrong is on my end :/ I'll keep at it

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