CODEWITHSUNDEEP
regex
sam
sam

Reputation: 13

How can I create a regex expression that will match anything between two words?

How can I create a regex expression that will match anything between given words and these two words may not be on same line.

For example: OBJECTIVES or RECEIVED--------------------------------------

-------------------------------------OFFICE SETUP or REMAINING

Upvotes: 0

Views: 71

Answers (1)

Srb1313711
Srb1313711

Reputation: 2047

Assuming the words that are before and after are Objectives and Office Setup then use

(?s)(?i)(?<=(objectives)).*(?=(office setup))

This will match anything between Objectives and Office Setup regardless as to whether they are on multiple lines

(?s) means that '.' will match new lines also allowing it to match multiline

(?i) makes the rest of the regex case insensitive there for (objectives) will match objectives, ObJectivES etc and the same for office setup

(?<=(objectives)) Positive lookbehind for the word objectives

.* 0 or more characters

(?=(office setup)) Postive lookahead for office setup

Upvotes: 2

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