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JohnBigs
JohnBigs

Reputation: 2811

Ignoring \n in regex even if its tied to the word you are looking for

Let's say I have this text:

"""xsdsdsds\ncat xsdhidhf"""

and my regex is:

val myRegex = "\b(?i)cat\b"

This doesn't recognize that the text above has the word cat in it because its tied to the \n character.

How can I change the regex to find a word as a whole (with spaces from both sides) but ignore the \n?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 33

Answers (1)

Wiktor Stribiżew
Wiktor Stribiżew

Reputation: 626748

You can use

val myRegex = """(?i)(?<=\b|\\n)cat\b"""

Details:

  • (?i) - case insensitive matching on
  • (?<=\b|\\n) - either a word boundary or a \n text must appear immediately on the left
  • cat - a string cat
  • \b - a word boundary.

See the regex demo.

Upvotes: 1

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