Re: using the SHELL function to GREP a body of text

On 18/03/2016 15:20, jameshale wrote: I have large bodies of xhtml/html text stored in an array which I would like to clean up using GREP. I have been using the 'replacetext' function to great effect but I have hit an impasse. There are some situations where I think I really need to use back ref

Re: using the SHELL function to GREP a body of text

Peter TB Brett wrote > Unfortunately XHTML and HTML are not regular languages, which means that > they cannot be processed correctly with regular expressions. > > Indeed, "Implement an HTML parser using regular expressions" is a > well-known prank project to suggest for inexperienced developers

Re: using the SHELL function to GREP a body of text

On 3/18/2016 10:57 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote: Indeed, "Implement an HTML parser using regular expressions" is a well-known prank project to suggest for inexperienced developers to waste their time on... I cannot pass up a chance to post the best reply ever written:

Re: using the SHELL function to GREP a body of text

J. Landman Gay wrote > I cannot pass up a chance to post the best reply ever written: > > ; Very good. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/using-the-SHELL-function-to-GREP-a-body-of-text-tp4702346p4702375.html