From: Gunther Gunt <gunther.thevenin@...>
Date: 2008-08-13T23:34:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Regular expression: anything except

Hassan Schroeder wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Gunther Gunt
> <gunther.thevenin@airbus.com> wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to create a regular expression with the following rule:
>>
>> my text is:
>> <TEXT id=''>blabla</TEXT>
>> I want to replace <TEXT*> with something
>>
>> "<TEXT id=''>".gsub(/the magic regular expression/,"replacement")
>> ==> replacementblabla</TEXT>
> 
> This example isn't consistent with the following ones -- do you
> want the ending </TEXT> inserted even if it's not in the original
> string?
> 
>> but i want also that
>> "<TEXT>blabla</TEXT>".gsub(/the magic regular expression/,"replacement")
>> returns the same result
>> ==> replacementblabla</TEXT>
>>
>> and
>> <TEXT *anything*>blabla</TEXT>".gsub(/the magic regular
>> expression/,"replacement")
>> returns the same result
>> ==> replacementblabla</TEXT>
> 
> Assuming the second two are actually what you want, try
> 
> "<TEXT id='foo'>blabla</TEXT>".gsub(/<TEXT[^>]*>/, 'replacement')
> 
> HTH,

I had just found the solution, and I was posting it.

Thank you anyway ;o)

Gunther
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