Regex select everything between two strings, but not one of the strings

Question

I have some html code that I need to regex and remove a part of it.

In this particular example I need to remove 2-columns.. The full string is name="2-columns.Heading-1" but needs to read name="Heading-1"

I would like this to be extendable because another example could be name="3-columns.Heading-1". So I want to remove everything after the starting point of name=" and the ending . (I also want to remove the .)

Can anyone help me form the correct regex? I'm struggling.

You do know that the name attribute is only valid for <form> and form elements, right? — Terry
– Terry, Commented Oct 15, 2014 at 14:16
@Terry Yes, this is actually for a particular CMS. I said it's html but really it's a handlebar template I'm parsing to replace with this particular CMS's proprietary tags. — Moose
– Moose, Commented Oct 15, 2014 at 14:18

vks · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-15 14:53:46Z

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[^"]*\.

Try this.Replace by empty string.See demo.

http://regex101.com/r/dZ1vT6/24

answered Oct 15, 2014 at 14:53

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Moose Over a year ago

This worked great. I just had to add the global and multiline tags at the end for to go through the rest of the document. /[^"]*\./gm Thanks so much!

Alex K. · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-15 14:18:20Z

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One way;

str = str.replace(/(^name=\")(.*\.)/, "$1");

answered Oct 15, 2014 at 14:18

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epoch · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-15 14:31:40Z

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Replace at group 1:

/name="(([^.]+)\.)Heading-1"/

Or:

'<tag name="2-columns.Heading-1">lalalala</tag>'.replace(/name="(([^.]+)\.)Heading-1"/, 'name="Heading-1"')

is:

"<tag name="Heading-1">lalalala</tag>"

and:

'<tag name="2-columns.Heading-2">lalalala</tag>'.replace(/name="(([^.]+)\.)Heading-1"/, 'name="Heading-2"')

is:

"<tag name="2-columns.Heading-2">lalalala</tag>"

or:

'<tag name="2-columns.Heading-1">lalalala</tag>'.replace(/(name=")(([^.]+)\.)(?=Heading-1")/, "$1");

edited Oct 15, 2014 at 14:31

answered Oct 15, 2014 at 14:19

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