What regular expression will match specific HTML tags?

[Smapty]

I need a reliable regular expression that will match a specific html tag but will ignore the tag if it has a specific attribute/property in place.

For example, I need to turn this:

<ul>
<li><html:link action="give.up"></li>
<li><html:link action="give.up"></li>
<li><html:link
action="give.up"></li>
<li><html:link action="give.up" onclick="ask4help();"></li>
<li><html:link action="give.up" onclick="ask4help();" ></li>
</ul>

Into this...

<ul>
<li><html:link action="give.up" onclick="ask4help();"></li>
<li><html:link
action="give.up" onclick="ask4help();"></li>
<li><html:link action="give.up" onclick="ask4help();"></li>
<li><html:link action="give.up" onclick="ask4help();"></li>
<li><html:link action="give.up" onclick="ask4help();" ></li>
</ul>

 

[traingamer]

Are you kidding? In this (I'm sure limited) example, you could replace

action="give.up">

with

action="give.up" onclick="ask4help();">

But, seriously, this probably isn't the forum to ask about regular expressions.

Greg
"Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." - Winston Churchill

 

[cLFlaVA]

but certainly is the forum where you should post generated html code, rather than pre-generated ASP or whatever that is.



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[Smapty]

Ok, but Were not sure the order of the attributes of these tags. Also, the action type vary's widely across the website.