multiline regular expression with textpad

Question

I can't figure out how to make textpad perform a regular expression that extends multiple lines.

I tried using perl syntax with /myregex/m with m as a modifier but that didnt' work. I can't see a checkbox or anything in the editor to tell it to do multiline.

anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

It is entirely possible, and simple :) You just use \n

This search:

we\nwill

Matches the end of line 1 and the start of line 2 in this dummy text:

this is a test and we
will see if it matches
multiple lines.

Answer 2

Another way to do this is with [\s\S]. For example, if you wanted to find <option> tags in some HTML, you could search for:

<option[^>]*>[\s\S]*?</option>