From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
To: Michael Chen <vancouver.michael@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how can I make regexp expression effective across many lines
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:11:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BCE4A2EC-D41B-444D-867E-302FB51BFA7A@Web.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <71ab86070701291301q34ea49e8ked19710cad016517@mail.gmail.com>
Am 29.01.2007 um 22:01 schrieb Michael Chen:
> Hi, there, I have problem with newlines in regexp. Here is what I want
> to do: delete anything between <FORM> to TIP OF THE WEEK inclusively.
> There are many lines in between. Any regex I tried can not go through
> the newline. Any idea?
Make it look for something that's not between beginning and end. For
example
<FORM>[^·]*TIP OF THE WEEK
This greedy expression would find (and delete) everything between the
first <FORM> it finds and the last TIP OF THE WEEK in the buffer. So
you better use the improved form:
<FORM>[^·]*?TIP OF THE WEEK
--
Greetings
Pete
Upgraded: Didn't work the first time.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-29 22:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-29 21:01 how can I make regexp expression effective across many lines Michael Chen
2007-01-29 21:16 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-29 21:40 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-29 21:47 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-29 22:11 ` Peter Dyballa [this message]
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2007-01-29 23:00 ` Mark Elston
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2007-01-29 21:26 ` Pascal Bourguignon
[not found] <mailman.3757.1170107259.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-29 23:05 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2007-01-29 23:52 ` Drew Adams
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