Re^2: Regex to "wrap" a <span around an image.

You know that your regex will fail?

Example HTML code snippet:

<img src="greater.gif" alt=">">
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Yes, it's not nice to put an unescaped > there, but it's legal and I see it more than often when dealing with jsf and woodstock tag library.

s$$([},&%#}/&/]+}%&{})*;#$&&s&&$^X.($'^"%]=\&(|?*{%
+.+=%;.#_}\&"^"-+%*).}%:##%}={~=~:.")&e&&s""`$''`"e

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Re^3: Regex to "wrap" a <span around an image. by monarch (Priest) on Dec 01, 2008 at 23:58 UTC
Ah never saw that before. Thanks for pointing that one out! Technically shouldn't that be encoded as `<img src="..." alt=">">`? I think you'll find my solution shouldn't fail unless you use data from people determined to make your life miserable.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Regex to "wrap" a <span around an image. by Skeeve (Parson) on Dec 12, 2008 at 23:47 UTC
Sure I know. I use that regexp more than once in a while. But Sun is determined to make my life miserable ;-) (just kidding) `s$$([},&%#}/&/]+}%&{});#$&&s&&$^X.($'^"%]=\&(\|?{%` `+`.+=%;.#_}\&"^"-+%*).}%:##%}={~=~:.")&e&&s""`$''`"e	[reply] [d/l] [select]