I'd like to convert stuff like this:
bitte
----------
dream
----------
----------
HD
----------
ready
----------
into stuff like this:
bitte:dream
HD:ready
using a regex. What regex to use? How to put all this rows together?
I'd like to convert stuff like this:
bitte
----------
dream
----------
----------
HD
----------
ready
----------
into stuff like this:
bitte:dream
HD:ready
using a regex. What regex to use? How to put all this rows together?
You may use a regex like
^(?:---+\R\s*)*(\w.*)\R---+\R(?:\h*\R)*(\w.*)\R---+$
And replace with $1:$2
.
The ^
matches the line start, (?:---+\R\s*)*
matches optional delimiter lines before the first non-empty line, (\w.*)
is Group 1 capturing a word char followed with 0+ chars other than a newline, \R---+\R
matches a line break followed with 3+ hyphens and a linebreak, (?:\h*\R)*
matches n number of blank lines, (\w.*)
(see above) and \R---+$
matches a linebreak and 3+ hyphens at the end of the line.
Find what: \W*(\w+.*)[\r\n]+\-{5,}\s+(\w+.*[\r\n]+)\-{5,}\W*
Replace with: $1:$2
Assuming it's always more than 5 dashes.
The newline after the second word is already in the 2nd capture group.