Re: Regexp that solves this ?

[Emilio Lopes]

weber  writes:

> I'd like to know if there is a simple way to replace regexp a file to
> convert tables like this:

> | name | value |
> | x1   | 1001  |
> | x2   | 2002  |

> to this

> || name | value |
> | x1   | 1001  |
> | x2   | 2002  |

Does the following works?

    (query-replace-regexp "^[[:space:]]*\n|[^|]" "\n||")

When calling `query-replace-regexp' interactively use "^Q^J" to input
a newline, instead of "\n" as above.

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Emílio C. Lopes
Munich, Germany