From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Samvid Mistry Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Regex matching summary blocks in C# Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2023 20:26:51 +0530 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27428"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.10.7; emacs 29.1 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Yuri Khan Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 03 16:03:02 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1r9nzp-0006x6-O3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:03:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r9nz7-0006yD-I2; Sun, 03 Dec 2023 10:02:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r9nz2-0006xR-C4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Dec 2023 10:02:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pl1-x629.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::629]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r9nz0-0002nK-OG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Dec 2023 10:02:12 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pl1-x629.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1d0a5422c80so628575ad.3 for ; Sun, 03 Dec 2023 07:02:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1701615727; x=1702220527; darn=gnu.org; h=mime-version:message-id:in-reply-to:date:subject:cc:to:from :user-agent:references:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=i5nw87jQIYyCaLTuMGRZwxKJAs5u+mhG7NCEefai4ls=; b=EPftkhZ2VO3k6aOFpjkp1Trfo3waxf8Qe//6mHvWiwLdtQhHLFT41Pt0lybKjSIV70 qkEXnNX6FcoNOlKWIgwv4GZc1FvJoCn1YeZwtwOwsWAu+3zHTbr8XXMS2jWBJXR6bQI4 WszNXuh6ybsdoCX3CJlLk8gI55zJMZ2+q5TF2lsAhVZNdFap7ezai46Ice+z5Oxhu1YQ KVz6GSjb/G5VWQgCXLRcQu+doAHdLzaaOJzQm8qzkHb6bqEprtZW//791d/8/x/Q6nuv tOtPEplWk0gGuzYaYusz77XyhCRbSVOFkUuqO7ewf2fNVOo5uuVSIw+dVFEqRLniLeYk 3aeQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1701615727; x=1702220527; h=mime-version:message-id:in-reply-to:date:subject:cc:to:from :user-agent:references:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=i5nw87jQIYyCaLTuMGRZwxKJAs5u+mhG7NCEefai4ls=; b=SbWhDTXHt+pZfRKjnhirnzV7o7oHXiZIyUne6OqCmmsLazJztYkNa8SL7rtQxe+OUg INu9L9AXvBHe8qZttHKvsHZUSzLCGaDJGGgph1+1xi+T/yqTr4N1D9uKIk8h0uY6UC7F lgxvIJJV0G9AwCMkKjZh1wPchCd/WOuiHTt9oNgBU1UoW8h4/imE0/90k+qITfTT5K6c g+zNZ0R6nK9fXw0sJ+7cnkKdSh1/sg8FeZG/3hhuVSdif0RAgf49qMDP7blXssjkX0FB fl7RNMqIBqnKrXBTAUXmuLpQzbK8IWAEWwnIzLfo1YTcsOx3E0AGLnDEEEVV3fh7ZtW1 IogA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YycnmDlYjcPI0Ozy2mMJqArB/ZIdYe6G6H8nbPPeGcArYO/SKJH oh6cClhsS/QKJdOMUEI53fLX8EbP7mc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IH7AvEGxG/4mMKxDE4r7JW3ST98Skh0oIB24g1t4YOWoid42iidtkK24nHmHATAnDqyQV3D1g== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:d505:b0:1d0:5c50:d141 with SMTP id b5-20020a170902d50500b001d05c50d141mr2618323plg.53.1701615727459; Sun, 03 Dec 2023 07:02:07 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Samvids-MacBook-Pro.local ([103.251.58.130]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q70-20020a17090a17cc00b002866e580912sm2967754pja.20.2023.12.03.07.02.05 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 03 Dec 2023 07:02:06 -0800 (PST) In-reply-to: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::629; envelope-from=mistrysamvid@gmail.com; helo=mail-pl1-x629.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:145611 Archived-At: Yuri Khan writes: > On Sun, 3 Dec 2023 at 21:23, Samvid Mistry wrote: > >> > \\(\\(?:.*\n\\)*?\\) >> >> IIUC, you are suggesting I do this >> >> "\\(\\s-*\\)///\\s-*\\s-*\n\\(\\(:?.*\n\\)*?\\)\\s-*///\\s-*" > > \\(?:, not \\(:? . The former marks the group as non-capturing. The > latter introduces a capturing group starting with a colon. That was my bad. Your expression seems to have worked. Thanks! Would you mind expaining a bit about why it works? Per my current understanding, both mine and yours should have the same net effect, except that marking the inner group non-capturing should make the regex evaluation a bit faster because emacs need not remember the matched text. But clearly, my understanding isn't correct. -- Thanks, Samvid