Replace with Regex in Notepad++

Question

I'm trying to replace the part the text with the same text and some extra, example:

Initial text

<href="../doc/d5807346.pdf" class="document">3.2.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXAMPLE</a></div><div style="clear:both;"></div>

After

<href="../doc/d5807346.pdf" class="document" download="3.2.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXAMPLE">3.2.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXAMPLE</a></div><div style="clear:both;"></div>

I'm using in Notepad++ the following Regex:

Find: ((?<=class="document">).*?(?=<))
Replace with: download="\1">\1

End result is not what I'm expecting, note the > between class="document" and download :

<href="../doc/d5807346.pdf" class="document"> download="3.2.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXAMPLE">3.2.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXAMPLE</a></div><div style="clear:both;"></div>

I'm stuck on trying to figure out how to prevent that.

Toto · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-28 12:54:15Z

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Ctrl+H
Find what: (class="document")>([^<]+)
Replace with: $1 download="$2">$2
CHECK Wrap around
CHECK Regular expression
Replace all

Explanation:

(class="document")      # group 1
>                       # literally >
([^<]+)                 # group 2, 1 or more any character that is not "<"

Replacement:

$1              # content of group 1 + a space
download="      # literally
$2              # content of group 2
">              # literally
$2              # content f group 2

Screenshot (before):

Screenshot (after):

answered Jan 28, 2021 at 12:54

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Алексей Р · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-28 13:02:37Z

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Try this:

Find: (?:class="document">)([^<]*)
Replace (corrected): class="document">download="$1">$1

Tested in N++

Before: <href="../doc/d5807346.pdf" class="document">3.2.1.    EXAMPLE</a></div><div style="clear:both;"></div>

After: <href="../doc/d5807346.pdf" class="document">download="3.2.1.    EXAMPLE">3.2.1.    EXAMPLE</a></div><div style="clear:both;"></div>

It's helpful to Use "online Regex tester" for visual debug regular expression

edited Jan 28, 2021 at 13:02

answered Jan 28, 2021 at 11:55

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Toto Over a year ago

This removes class="document" and the text 3.2.1.    EXAMPLE. Have you tried it?

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