Complex regex to alter img tags

[bluesrift]

Using the WYSIWYG contenteditable feature, Internet Explorer will often
add a style to the image tag to define its display size after the image
has been dragged to display at something other than its natural size.
For example:

style="WIDTH: 432px; HEIGHT: 344px"

The values contained within the style are the correct ones resulting
from the drag and override the standard img tag height= and width=
parameters still remaining in the image tag.

I am seeking a regex that will read the values within the added style
portion of the tag, remove the style parameter, and leaving everything
else the same rewrite the tag with assignment of the width and height
values within the style to the standard width= and height= parameters.
For example, change this:

<IMG style="WIDTH: 432px; HEIGHT: 344px" height=442 hspace=10
src='http://theimgurl/filename.jpg"; width=612 align=middle vspace=10
border=0>

to this:

<IMG height=344 hspace=10 src='http://theimgurl/filename.jpg";
width=432 align=middle vspace=10 border=0>

Will that be possible? It seems like it would be a very complex regex
well beyond my skills and possibly my brainpower but I'd be willing to
give it a try if it is technically possible.

The purpose is that under certain circumstances the presence of the
style breaks page layouts in older browsers. I'm not sure, but also if
a browser does not have styles on then the image would appear in the
unintended size, right?

Thanks!

Rob

[RobG]

bl*******@aol.c om wrote:

Using the WYSIWYG contenteditable feature, Internet Explorer will often
add a style to the image tag to define its display size after the image
has been dragged to display at something other than its natural size.
For example:

style="WIDTH: 432px; HEIGHT: 344px"

The values contained within the style are the correct ones resulting
from the drag and override the standard img tag height= and width=
parameters still remaining in the image tag.

I am seeking a regex that will read the values within the added style
portion of the tag, remove the style parameter, and leaving everything
else the same rewrite the tag with assignment of the width and height
values within the style to the standard width= and height= parameters.
Then all that is required is to remove the style attributes via
DOM, there is no need for any RegExp.
For example, change this:

<IMG style="WIDTH: 432px; HEIGHT: 344px" height=442 hspace=10
src='http://theimgurl/filename.jpg"; width=612 align=middle vspace=10
border=0>

The following removes the style width & height attributes when
the image is clicked on, you may wish to do it from some other
event but the method is the same:

<IMG style="WIDTH: 432px; HEIGHT: 344px" height="442"
hspace="10" src="http://theimgurl/filename.jpg";
width="612" align="middle" vspace="10" border="0"
onclick="
this.style.heig ht=null;
this.style.widt h=null;
">

Load the image, it will have the size given by the style
attributes, when clicked on, these are removed and the image
returns to the dimensions set by the image's width & height
attributes.

[...]
--
Rob

[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <11************ **********@o13g 2000cwo.googleg roups.com>
, dated Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:22:13, seen in news:comp.lang. javascript,
bl*******@aol.c om posted :

I am seeking a regex that will read the values within the added style
portion of the tag, remove the style parameter, and leaving everything
else the same rewrite the tag with assignment of the width and height
values within the style to the standard width= and height= parameters.
For example, change this:

<IMG style="WIDTH: 432px; HEIGHT: 344px" height=442 hspace=10
src='http://theimgurl/filename.jpg"; width=612 align=middle vspace=10
border=0>

to this:

<IMG height=344 hspace=10 src='http://theimgurl/filename.jpg";
width=432 align=middle vspace=10 border=0>

Will that be possible? It seems like it would be a very complex regex
well beyond my skills and possibly my brainpower but I'd be willing to
give it a try if it is technically possible.

You have not said whether your posting agent and/or technique have split
the <IMG ... > over more than one line. If that really is on one line,
then the following MiniTrue command line may be close to what you want
(it will be sent as a single line; how you see it is up to you and your
system) :

mtr -x+ $T.0 - "(<IMG) style=\x22WIDTH : (\d+)px; HEIGHT: (\d+)px\x22(.*h eight=)\d+(.*wi dth=)\d+" = \1\4\3\5\2

mtr is MiniTrue
-x+ (re-)enables RegExps;
$T.0 is a file containing much of your article
- is a separator
" are delimiters
= is a separator
\x22 stands for "
Pieces that you want to keep are in parentheses
..* means anything
\d+ means a number
\1 \4 \3 \5 \2 are back-references
It is assumed that WIDTH HEIGHT height width are always in that order;
if not, consider two passes.
If the original was on more than one line, I don't have time to deal with
that tonight; but it should not be an insuperable problem (especially if
always similarly split).

--
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Web <URL:http://www.merlyn.demo n.co.uk/> - FAQish topics, acronyms, & links.
I find MiniTrue useful for viewing/searching/altering files, at a DOS prompt;
free, DOS/Win/UNIX, <URL:http://www.idiotsdelig ht.net/minitrue/> Update hope?

[bluesrift]

RobG wrote:

bl*******@aol.c om wrote:

Using the WYSIWYG contenteditable feature, Internet Explorer will often add a style to the image tag to define its display size after the image has been dragged to display at something other than its natural size. For example:

style="WIDTH: 432px; HEIGHT: 344px"

The values contained within the style are the correct ones resulting from the drag and override the standard img tag height= and width=
parameters still remaining in the image tag.

I am seeking a regex that will read the values within the added style portion of the tag, remove the style parameter, and leaving everything else the same rewrite the tag with assignment of the width and height values within the style to the standard width= and height= parameters.

Then all that is required is to remove the style attributes via
DOM, there is no need for any RegExp.

For example, change this:

<IMG style="WIDTH: 432px; HEIGHT: 344px" height=442 hspace=10
src='http://theimgurl/filename.jpg"; width=612 align=middle

vspace=10 border=0>

The following removes the style width & height attributes when
the image is clicked on, you may wish to do it from some other
event but the method is the same:

<IMG style="WIDTH: 432px; HEIGHT: 344px" height="442"
hspace="10" src="http://theimgurl/filename.jpg";
width="612" align="middle" vspace="10" border="0"
onclick="
this.style.heig ht=null;
this.style.widt h=null;
">

Load the image, it will have the size given by the style
attributes, when clicked on, these are removed and the image
returns to the dimensions set by the image's width & height
attributes.

[...]
--
Rob

Thank you, I do need the sizes that are stored in the style, but you've
showed me how to get to those. Perhaps I can just capture all the
other expected attributes in the image tag via the DOM then just write
a whole new tag in place of the original. Should be easier than trying
to parse it.

[bluesrift]

Dr John Stockton wrote:

JRS: In article <11************ **********@o13g 2000cwo.googleg roups.com> , dated Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:22:13, seen in news:comp.lang. javascript,
bl*******@aol.c om posted :

I am seeking a regex that will read the values within the added styleportion of the tag, remove the style parameter, and leaving everythingelse the same rewrite the tag with assignment of the width and heightvalues within the style to the standard width= and height= parameters.For example, change this:

<IMG style="WIDTH: 432px; HEIGHT: 344px" height=442 hspace=10
src='http://theimgurl/filename.jpg"; width=612 align=middle vspace=10border=0>

to this:

<IMG height=344 hspace=10 src='http://theimgurl/filename.jpg";
width=432 align=middle vspace=10 border=0>

Will that be possible? It seems like it would be a very complex regexwell beyond my skills and possibly my brainpower but I'd be willing togive it a try if it is technically possible.

You have not said whether your posting agent and/or technique have

split the <IMG ... > over more than one line. If that really is on one line, then the following MiniTrue command line may be close to what you want (it will be sent as a single line; how you see it is up to you and your system) :

mtr -x+ $T.0 - "(<IMG) style=\x22WIDTH : (\d+)px; HEIGHT: (\d+)px\x22(.*h eight=)\d+(.*wi dth=)\d+" = \1\4\3\5\2
mtr is MiniTrue
-x+ (re-)enables RegExps;
$T.0 is a file containing much of your article
- is a separator
" are delimiters
= is a separator
\x22 stands for "
Pieces that you want to keep are in parentheses
.* means anything
\d+ means a number
\1 \4 \3 \5 \2 are back-references
It is assumed that WIDTH HEIGHT height width are always in that order; if not, consider two passes.
If the original was on more than one line, I don't have time to deal with that tonight; but it should not be an insuperable problem (especially if always similarly split).

--
© John Stockton, Surrey, UK. ?@merlyn.demon. co.uk Turnpike v4.00 MIME. © Web <URL:http://www.merlyn.demo n.co.uk/> - FAQish topics, acronyms, & links. I find MiniTrue useful for viewing/searching/altering files, at a DOS prompt; free, DOS/Win/UNIX, <URL:http://www.idiotsdelig ht.net/minitrue/>

Update hope?

Thank you sir. I'll need to study what are and how to use
backreferences. That seems to be key.

[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <11************ **********@o13g 2000cwo.googleg roups.com>
, dated Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:32:03, seen in news:comp.lang. javascript,
bl*******@aol.c om posted :

Thank you sir. I'll need to study what are and how to use
backreferences . That seems to be key.

Study also the newsgroup FAQ section 3.2.

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