Re^2: regexp over multiple lines

Use the /m modifier. This will treat the string as multiple lines, allowing you to use \n characters as part of your regexp.

Bullshit.

You don't need any modifier to use \n in your regexp. The /m modifier will change the meaning of ^ and $, irrelevant for the OP. He may need the /s modifier, which makes the dot match a newline.

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Re^3: regexp over multiple lines by liverpaul (Novice) on Aug 03, 2011 at 08:08 UTC
Thanks for the reply :-) So, if my file looked like this: `line1data line2data line3data line4data <homePrice> 1.91</homePrice> line7data line8data line9data` [download] ...and I was forced to process the file line by line in a for loop, what regexp would I use (if any are possible) to extract the value of 1.91 by matching both lines?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: regexp over multiple lines by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 03, 2011 at 08:31 UTC
You're solving the wrong problem. It's not a magical regexp you need. It's the "process the file line by line" that needs changing.	[reply]
Re^5: regexp over multiple lines by liverpaul (Novice) on Aug 03, 2011 at 09:12 UTC
Yeah, I'm beginning to see that now. Unfortunately there's a lot of code built on the incorrect foundation of line-by-line. I'm eventually going to change to "slurping", but for now I'm going try to "force" a messy solution. From my understanding I think I can do this by concatenating 3 or 4 lines. Maybe it will work, time will tell.	[reply]
Re^3: regexp over multiple lines by blindluke (Hermit) on Aug 03, 2011 at 08:17 UTC
Thanks for pointing that out, it seems I got it all wrong. Apologies to liverpaul, if my response was misleading.	[reply]


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