Hello Arnie
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:24:29 -0400, Arnie wrote:
A> I need to be able to extract text that spans multiple lines.
A> i.e.
A> #This is line 1
A> This is line 2
A> This is line 3~
There are 'internal options' for RegExp's. In your case
(?s)#.*~
should do it. '(?s)' sets the internal option DOTALL, which is
documented in the help file as:
> PCRE_DOTALL: If this bit is set, a dot metacharater in the pattern
> matches all characters, including newlines. Without it, newlines are
> excluded. This option is equivalent to Perl's /s option. A negative
> class such as [^a] always matches a newline character, independent
> of the setting of this option.
BTW: finding the RegExp help topics is tricky, because there is no
link in the help index. Use the Find command in help and look for
"Regular expressions syntax"
HTH
Peter
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