CODEWITHSUNDEEP
regexscala
Harshal Pandya
Harshal Pandya

Reputation: 1624

Match a token that spans more than one line

Consider the example string below:
"And is it possible to foster reconc-
iliation and peacebuilding?"

I would like to match the the token reconc-iliation.

Something like """(?m)\b[^\s]*\-$""" matches recon- but """(?m)\b[^\s]*\-$^[^\s]*\b""" does not match reconc-iliation.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 73

Answers (1)

Cylian
Cylian

Reputation: 11182

This would work

\b(\S+-[\r\n]+\S+)\b

UPDATE

^ --> matches start of line/ or start of string (depending on using s switch)

$ --> matches end of line/ or end of string (depending on using s switch)

\b --> matches an word boundary

\r --> Carriage return

\n --> New line

Only windows uses both \r and \n as line separator.

Upvotes: 1

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