How to remove outer match brackets?

[jwells@nichegroup.com]

Is there a way to remove wrapping brackets with one search replace command? Specifically, I would like to replace all occurances of

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htp.p (htf.XXXXX);

with

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htp.XXXXX;

where XXXXX is variable text. So for example:

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target : htp.p (htf.bodyopen);
becomes: htp.bodyopen;

target : htp.p (htf.tableopen (cattributes => 'border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"'));
becomes: htp.tableopen (cattributes => 'border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"');

target : htp.p (htf.tablerowopen (cvalign => 'middle'));
becomes: htp.tablerowopen (cvalign => 'middle');

I have a large file that has a lot of these patterns and being able to do a master search/replace would be a huge timesaver.
Thanks,
Jack

[ak47wong]

Hi Jack,

Find what: htp\.p \(htf\.(.*)\);
Replace with: htp.\1;

Ensure the "Regular expression" check box is selected.

This assumes you are using POSIX regular expression syntax under Configure -> Preferences -> Editor.

Andrew

[jwells@nichegroup.com]

Hi Andrew,
Thanks, that worked like a charm!
Jack