Multiline Evaluation Expression

[bengma]

I'm trying to write an expression to do subsitution that will match against a multiline string.

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<x:tag attribute1="1"
  attribute2="2"
  attribute3="3"/>

I want to modify this multiline value by removing the tag termnination characters '/>' and appending '>&nbsp;</x:tag>". I'm not concerned if the value remains multiline or not.

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<x:tag attribute1="1"
  attribute2="2"
  attribute3="3">&nbsp;</x:tag>

My real issue is figuring out how to evaluate across newline or end-of-line values. I would like to do this as search and replace in Textpad.

[Bob Hansen]

Not sure why you need to go across multiple lines. Will this work?

Search for: />
Replace with: >\&nbsp;</x:tag>

Use the following settings:
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[X] Regular expression
Replace All
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[X] Use POSIX regular expression syntax
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