Find and Replace in Files – Add After Start Tag issue

Question

Hi,I am trying to use Find and Replace tool to add a tag after another start tag, namely, I want to add ^{tag after start tag .As a result, however, Dreamweaver inserts pair. I don't want it because I have a content inside the tag and I want to use another find and replace tour (Add Before Closing Tag option) to add a} before closing . So that I embrace the content of with ^{.I disabled automatic tag closing in Dreamweaver but this doesn't help. Would appreciate any hints how to resolve this annoying behavior.Peter}

WolfShade · Accepted Answer

GOT IT! I forgot to add a space to the second backreference.

Enter this in the "FIND" area: (<a[^>]+>)([\w ]+)(<[^>]+>)

Enter this in the "REPLACE" area: $1$2$3

The parenthesis are backreferences (related to $1, $2, $3) so you're taking the first backreference, following it with , then adding the second backreference, following it with , then appending the third backreference to that.

HTH,

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UPDATED: That didn't allow for punctuation. SMH.

(<\s*a[^>]+>)([!"#$%&'()*+,-.\/:;=?@[\]^_`{|}~|\w| ]+)(<\s*[^>]+>) is what you put in the FIND if you need to include punctuation.

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HTH,

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WolfShade · Answer

I think you need to use RegEx to do that. Just off the top of my head, something _like_:

FIND: (<a[^>]>)(.+)(</a>)

REPLACE: $1$2$3

This _should_ insert between the opening anchor tag and the text, and between the text and the closing anchor tag.

UNTESTED.

HTH,

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