use RE to fix XML attributes

YourMum · Nov 24, 2005#12005-11-24T14:28+00:00

Hi folks,

I have an XML document, but it is not very well formatted: a large number of the node attributes are not enclosed in quotes. e.g.

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<Node attr1=hello attr2=goodbye>node text here</Node>

Is there a neat RE that I can run that will find all attributes that don't have a quote round their value and insert them?

Thanks for your assistance!!

Bego · Nov 24, 2005#22005-11-24T15:19+00:00

Hi Mum,

try this:
find string:

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\=([a-z]+)([\s>]*)

replace string:

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\='\1'\2

then it looks like this:

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<Node attr1='hello' attr2='goodbye'>node text here</Node>

NOTE: UNIX REGEXP IS ON !!! See "options, search"

rds Bego

YourMum · Nov 24, 2005#32005-11-24T17:41+00:00

Hey Bego,

Thanks a million for this. It wasn't quite perfect for my situation, but gave me a huge head-start.

For the record, I used this:
find string:

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\=([a-z0-9]+)([\s>]*)

replace string:

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\="\1"\2

Bego · Nov 25, 2005#42005-11-25T00:04+00:00

Hy mim,

thats what this forum is good for

Next time, also say what exactly the output should look like.

greetz from germany