Re: Another replace regexp with list question

[Leandro Marcolino]

Oh, thanks!... I already solved the problem using keyboard macros, as Barry
suggested, but it is always good to learn!.. :) I will try out the multiple
narrowings and the replace-regexp suggestions. Thanks!..

Leandro


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Sean McAfee <eefacm@gmail.com> wrote:

> Leandro Marcolino <leandromarcolino@gmail.com> writes:
> > This time I am trying to find occurrences of:
> >
> > "<span style='color:white'>&#31169;&#31169;&#31169;&#31169;</span>", but
> > the number of &#31169; can change from 1 to many.
> >
> > And I want to replace each &#31169; of the list to a white space (besides
> > removing the <span> clause). So, if there were x "&#31169;", I need x "
> ".
>
> Replace: \(<span style='color:white'>\)\(\(?:&#31169;\)+\)\(</span>\)
> With:    \1\,(make-string (/ (length \2) 8) ? )\3
>