Help with RegEx that does not work in EmEditor

[feili]

Hello,

I need to remove all the … elements in an xml file. For example, the string:

…in the presence of a transesterification catalyst

should look like this:

… in the presence of a transesterification catalyst

I tried using this RegEx with emeditor (cf. below), but it does not work. This RegEx works with others editors such as Texpad.

Search :
(.*)

Replace:
1

What do I need to do to make it work with emeditor?

Many thanks for your help

[Yutaka Emura]

feili wrote:
Hello,

I need to remove all the … elements in an xml file. For example, the string:

…in the presence of a transesterification catalyst

should look like this:

… in the presence of a transesterification catalyst

I tried using this RegEx with emeditor (cf. below), but it does not work. This RegEx works with others editors such as Texpad.

Search :
(.*)

Replace:
1

What do I need to do to make it work with emeditor?

Many thanks for your help

must be removed before ( and ).

(.*)

should work.

[feili]

Hello Yutaka,

Unfortunately, it seems to be too greedy when there are several elements and it spills over the 1st one.
Can I control this behavior?

“Saitenhalters 22 durch die beiden Löcher 23 im Holz 3 und anschließend durch die beiden Löcher 24 des Befestigungsplättchens 21 gesteckt, dann umgebogen und verdreht. attache de cordiervalidatedL’attache de cordier,”

Many thanks
feili

[Yutaka Emura]

Use non-greedy one.

(.*?)

See /help/howto/search/search_regexp_syntax.htm for more information.

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