David B Funk <dbfunk <at> engineering.uiowa.edu> writes:

> > > /(\b(best|most|more|((best|bett|bigg|larg|fast|quick)(er|est)))\b.*){4}/i
>
> What kind of search rule are you using?
> If you want your pattern to match consecutive new-line characters
> (IE blank lines) then you must use the 'full' type rule.
> 

David,

I'm using the rule at the top of the message. I tried changing body to full, 
but the results were the same. (noted below). I'm not looking to match new-line 
characters. I would like a rule that was not restricted by how many newlines 
might occur between the text searched for. The rule above obviously is.

After a bit of testing I've discovered that the rule doesn't trip when there is 
a blank line between lines containing the search text.

We are bigger.
He is faster.
She is quicker.
I am better.

works.

We are bigger.

He is faster.

She is quicker.

I am better.

Does not work.

If we can get the rule to work with variable blank lines then we are in
business.


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