Dreamweaver & Reg Expressions

  > >...
  > >I did the following regular expression:
  > >
  > >subject\d\.htm
  > >
  > >which works but how do I get it to replace it with:
  > >
  > >newtopicX.htm
 >
 >
 > What language is D/W trying to generate?
 >


I dont know - im just searching for it in .html with multiple documents
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Its OK I found the answer, you have to use rounded brackets as a
backreference.
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Opps forgot to mention this was using reg. expressions.

I couldnt get Dreamweaver to insert the back reference using rounded
brackets into the
document..
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 127.0.0.1.RemoveThis@127.0.0.1 wrote:

 > Just getting to grips with Regular expressions on dreamweaver.
 >
 > I it possible to do the following, search for:
 >
 > subjectX.htm
 >
 > &
 >
 > replace it with
 >
 > newtopicX.htm
 >
 > Where X is a digit 1-100 - which is bascially the page number.
 >
 > I did the following regular expression:
 >
 > subject\d\.htm
 >
 > which works but how do I get it to replace it with:

That should find "subject0.htm", "subject1.htm", "subject2.htm",
"subject3.htm", "subject4.htm", "subject5.htm", "subject6.htm",
"subject7.htm", "subject8.htm" and "subject9.htm" but not
"subject10.htm" to "subject999.htm". You're only looking for
one digit. \d+ would look for any number of digits and \d{1,3}
would look for one to three digits.

 >
 > newtopicX.htm
 >
 > Where X is the page number from before ?

With Regular Expressions selected, try searching for:

subject(\d+)\.htm
^^^^^ <------------ subexpression # 1 (one or more digits)

and replacing it with:

newtopic$1.htm
^^ <-------------- uses contents of subexpression # 1.

References that might help:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://livedocs.macromedia.com/dreamweaver/mx2004/using/22_codi9.htm" target="_blank">http://livedocs.macromedia.com/dreamweaver/mx2004/using/22_codi9.htm</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.bu.edu/webcentral/learning/dreamweaver2/findandreplace-expressions.html" target="_blank">http://www.bu.edu/webcentral/learning/dreamweaver2/findandreplace-expr...ions.ht</a>

Norman "who admits he knows *nothing* about Dreamweaver but
can often get very lucky using search engines" De Forest
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