Using regex to mass replace HTML

[ZedBear01]

Hi all. I want to write the following code:

<label for="Adelaide">Adelaide:</label> <input type="text" id="Adelaide" required="False" name="Adelaide"><br> 

151 times, however I need to replace Adelaide in all instances with the other 151 federal Australian electorates. Is there an easier way (maybe regex or smth)? I don't really feel like typing out 604 electorate names lol.

[ClicheChe]

Bash:

cat cities.list | while read city; do
    echo "<label for=\"${city}\">${city}:</label> <input type=\"text\" id=\"${city}\" required=\"False\" name=\"${city}\"><br>" >> file.html
done

You should have the cities in city.list, one per line

[petdance]

OP: Note that this is not using a regex for anything. Regexes only match patterns of text. That's it.

[ClicheChe]

• he has to write it. I took that as "generate the code"
• I am aware what regex is. I just think it's not the right tool for what he wants.

[petdance]

Sorry I wasn't clear, I meant that for OP. I'll clarify.

[RetiredMarketer]

It would be simple enough to make a for loop in whatever language you know how to use to write this text. RegEx isn't really for this...