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I'm trying to put a wrapper around a bunch of fields that already exist.

I want to convert this:

<div class="editor-label">

    @Html.LabelFor(Function(model) model.FirstName)

</div>

<div class="editor-field">

    @Html.EditorFor(Function(model) model.LastName)

</div>

To this:

<div class="field-group">

    <div class="editor-label">

        @Html.LabelFor(Function(model) model.FirstName)

    </div>

    <div class="editor-field">

        @Html.EditorFor(Function(model) model.LastName)

    </div>

</div>

I'm pretty green with Regex, but here's the closet I came so far to matching on the pattern:

<div class="editor-label">(.|rn)*?(</div>)(.|rn)*?(</div>)

Then it could replace with something like this:

<div class="field-group"><div class="editor-label">(.|rn)*?(</div>)(.|rn)*?(</div>)</div>

But that obviously doesn't work. But the idea would be wrapping around the matched value.

When I use the replace in Notepad++, it replaces it with the string (.|rn)*?(</div>) instead of the matched value.

Can I do a wildcard search and replace that persists the original wildcard matched value?

Or somehow wrap the contents another way?

Note: I'm using Notepad++, but I'd gladly use any other text editor that has this kind of functionality.

You can do this with the regex substitution engine which is exposed through the Find and Replace feature in notepad. But first, you'll need to be a little familiar with how any regex is able to find and replace text.

Some Regex Info

Capturing Groups:

• 
  (ABC) - capturing group - Groups multiple tokens together and creates a capture group


• 
  (?:ABC) - non-capturing group - Groups tokens together without creating a capture group


• 
  n - backreference - Matches the results of a previous capture group (ex. 1)

Substitution Symbols:

• 
  $& - match - Inserts the entire matched text.


• 
  $n - capture group #n - Inserts the results of the specified capture group (ex. $1)

How to Wrap with Regex Substitution

To wrap any text, first right a regex query to find it. Then replace that entire string with a new one composed of the text you'd like to wrap around it and the original matched text by using $&.

Here's a Demo in RegExr:

Here's an Example with JavaScript:

var wrapMe = 'WrapMe';

var wrapped = wrapMe.replace(/WrapMe/g, "<wrapper> $& </wrapper>");

console.log(wrapped); // <wrapper> WrapMe </wrapper>

To wrap the entire regex query with a substitution

How to Insert with Regex Substitution

Here's a Demo in RegExr:

Here's an Example with JavaScript:

var insertMe = '<wrapper>Replace</wrapper>';

var inserted = insertMe.replace(/(<wrapper>).*(</wrapper>)/g, "$1 Inserted $2");

console.log(inserted); // <wrapper> Inserted </wrapper>

The Problem at Hand

Knowing all that, the problem at hand in Notepad (or anywhere else) should seem rather trivial:

Here's a Demo in RegExr:

Search For: <div class="editor-label">((.|n)*?(</div>)){2,2}
Replace With: <div class="field-group">n$&n</div>

You can pull up the Find and Replace with Ctrl + H

Note: Remember to set the search mode as Regular Expression and also that notepad typically requires rn to find a newline instead of just n