Notepad++ Search for text between tags more then 20 characters

Question

To find tags and replace text between tags in Notepad++, I do use the following example:

(?<=<barcode>)(.*)(?=</barcode>)

I was wondering if it is possible to search between certain tags for a text that contains more than 20 characters?

Answer 1

You can use or adapt the following expression for your needs.

[\S] finds all characters except space (identical to [^\s]) and {21,} requires at least 21 characters of text.

(?<=<barcode>)([\S]{21,})(?=</barcode>)

For text with spaces use:

(?<=<barcode>)(.{21,})(?=</barcode>)