I am working on an .xml file with this tag
<Categories><![CDATA[Test/Test1-Test2-Test3|Test4/Test5-Test6|Test7/Test8]]></Categories>
and I am trying to replace / with ; by using regular expressions in Sublime Text 3.
The output should be
<Categories><![CDATA[Test;Test1-Test2-Test3|Test4;Test5-Test6|Test7;Test8]]></Categories>
When I use this (<Categories>\S+)\/(.+</Categories>) it matches all the line and of course if I use this \/ it matches all / everywhere inside the .xml file.
Could you please help?
For you example string, you could make use of a \G to assert the position at the end of the previous match and use \K to forget what has already been matched and then match a forward slash.
In the replacement use a ;
Use a positive lookahead to assert what is on the right is ]]></Categories>
(?:<Categories><!\[CDATA\[|\G(?!^))[^/]*\K/(?=[^][]*]]></Categories>)
Explanation
(?: Non capturing group
<Categories><!\[CDATA\[ Match <Categories><![CDATA[| Or\G(?!^) Assert the position at the end of the previous match, not at the start) Close non capturing group[^/]* Match 0+ times not / using a negated character class\K/ Forget what was matched, then match /(?= Positive lookahead, assert what is on the right is
[^][]*]]></Categories> Match 0+ times not [ or ], then match ]]></Categories>) Close positive lookahead