You want to do it in a greater text, I think.
1,$s/^>(>*From )/\1/
$line = preg_replace ($pattern, $replacement, $line);
Adding one '>':
preg_replace('/(^[>]+From )/','>$1', $line)
Removing one '>':
preg_replace('/(^>([>]+From )/','$1', $line)
Cheers,
Tamas
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Streater [mailto:tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 8:51 PM
To: Dajka Tamás; PHP General List
Subject: Re: RE: Use of preg_replace
On 24 Jul 2011 at 19:35, Dajka Tamás <viper@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I lost trail, what do you want to do?
>
> You want to convert
>
>>>> From
>
> to this:
>
>>> From
The number of > in front of "From " is not known. I want to be able to add or remove one.
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Cheers -- Tim
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