need help w/ regex

[flamey]

string 1 = "thi#769s is sa#769mple te#769xt"
string 2 = "th<b>i</b>s is s<b>a</b>mple t<b>e</b>xt"


is it possible to turn string 1 into string 2 using regular expression? can anyone help me with this one, please?

basically, i need to get rid of all #769 and surround a character the located before #769 by html tags.

thank you in advance!

[Charles]

Try:

s|(.)#769|<b>$1</b>|g

[flamey]

this is perfect! thank you so very much!