Multi-line regular expressions in Visual Studio Code

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It seems the CR is not matched with [\s\S]. Add \r to this character class:

[\s\S\r]+

will match any 1+ chars.

Other alternatives that proved working are [^\r]+ and [\w\W]+.

If you want to make any character class match line breaks, be it a positive or negative character class, you need to add \r in it.

Examples:

  • Any text between the two closest a and b chars: a[^ab\r]*b
  • Any text between START and the closest STOP words:
    • START[\s\S\r]*?STOP
    • START[^\r]*?STOP
    • START[\w\W]*?STOP
  • Any text between the closest START and STOP words:
    • START(?:(?!START)[\s\S\r])*?STOP

See a demo screenshot below:

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