C# Regex find string between two strings with newL

Question

Here is my regex: Regex r = new Regex("start(.*?)end", RegexOptions.Multiline);

That means I want to get the stuff between "start" and "end". But the problem is that between start and end is a new line or \n and the regex doesn't return anything.

So how do I make regex find \n?

Answer 1

The name of the Multiline option is misleading, as is the one of the correct option - Singleline:

Regex r = new Regex("start(.*?)end", RegexOptions.Singleline);

From MSDN, RegexOptions Enumeration:

Singleline - Specifies single-line mode. Changes the meaning of the dot (.) so it matches every character (instead of every character except \n).

Answer 2

Include the RegexOptions.SingleLine which means that . matches everything, including \n

Regex r = new Regex("start(.*?)end", RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.SingleLine);

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.regularexpressions.regexoptions.aspx for more details.

Answer 3

Use Singleline instead of Multiline:

Regex r = new Regex("start(.*?)end", RegexOptions.Singleline);

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