Regular expression for matching a string and replace

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I am trying to create a pattern for matching and replacing the words using regex. My string is like given below

<mycomponent id="Myvalue1.Myvalue2.013D0E13-BF5F-4D0F-AAFA-FA4B120DE3E9"
<mycomponent id="Myvalue3.Myvalue4.013D0E13-BF5F-4D0F-AAFA-FA4B120DE3E9"
<mycomponent id="Myvalue5.Myvalue6.013D0E13-BF5F-4D0F-AAFA-FA4B120DE3E9"
<mycomponent id="Myvalue7.Myvalue8.013D0E13-BF5F-4D0F-AAFA-FA4B120DE3E9"

I want the expected result to be look like

<mycomponent id="Myvalue1.Myvalue2"
<mycomponent id="Myvalue3.Myvalue4"
<mycomponent id="Myvalue5.Myvalue6"
<mycomponent id="Myvalue7.Myvalue8"

I can't use ReplaceAll .013D0E13-BF5F-4D0F-AAFA-FA4B120DE3E9 to empty because there are some features that are still using that GUID

I was able to match the string using below pattern

  <mycomponent Id=*.*.013D0E13-BF5F-4D0F-AAFA-FA4B120DE3E9

But when i used the below pattern for replacing it is not working

 <mycomponent Id=*.*.

what programming language is used in your case?

RomanPerekhrest
– RomanPerekhrest

2016-07-28 20:12:13 +00:00
Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 20:12 — RomanPerekhrest
– RomanPerekhrest, Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 20:12
i am trying to replace value using Notepad++.

mystack
– mystack

2016-07-28 20:12:59 +00:00
Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 20:12 — mystack
– mystack, Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 20:12

nicael · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-28 20:30:19Z

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That pattern doesn't really do the intended thing, since you haven't escaped the dots. That's just a coincidence. To match what you want, the following regex should be used.

<mycomponent id=.*?\..*?\.

This regex matches <mycomponent id=, then a dot, then the minimal amount of chars before it meets a dot, then a dot, then again the minimal amount of chars before it meets another dot.

If you would like to repalce, use this for the regex field

(<mycomponent id=".*?\..*?)\.\S+

and this for the replace field

$1"

edited Jul 28, 2016 at 20:30

answered Jul 28, 2016 at 20:13

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mystack Over a year ago

and for replacing what regex should i use

nicael Over a year ago

@user What would you like to replace, and with what?

mystack Over a year ago

it is mentioned in the question.Could you please look that

nicael Over a year ago

@user It isn't. You just said that you're not going to remove the ids with replaceAll.

nicael Over a year ago

@user Do you want to remove the GUID or <mycomponent id=Myvalue1.Myvalue2?

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RomanPerekhrest · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-28 20:29:16Z

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Use the following approach:

regexp field(search for):

(<mycomponent id=.+\..+)(?:\.)013D0E13-BF5F-4D0F-AAFA-FA4B120DE3E9(.+)

replace to:
```
$1$2
```

(tested on Notepad++)

edited Jul 28, 2016 at 20:29

answered Jul 28, 2016 at 20:19

RomanPerekhrest

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mystack Over a year ago

It is working. But i just want to replace the GUILD. This pattern is replacing everything after the GUID too.

RomanPerekhrest Over a year ago

you have not presented the actual string which contain something after the GUID. Add some example

mystack Over a year ago

My full string is like <mycomponent id=Myvalue1.Myvalue2.013D0E13-BF5F-4D0F-AAFA-FA4B120DE3E9 Name="test.DLL" Path="nil" verbose="no">

nicael Over a year ago

I doubt OP has the same GUID everywhere. This solution is not really flexible.

mystack Over a year ago

Yes Nicael,GUID is same everywhere

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