for example, I might have the string
/zombie nimble zombie quick
Plants vs Zombies reference
and I want to match every 'e' but only from the phrase "zombie nimble zombie quick", as it is preceded by a forward slash.
I can get the contents of the string preceded by the forward slash fairly easily with \/.*
.
I can also match the first instance of 'e' in the correct string with \/.*?\Ke
But I want to match every instance of 'e' in the correct string in a way that's friendly for VSCode syntax highlighting, which afaik is the .NET flavour
-Jam
If you are using PCRE, you may try the following regex:
^(?!\/).*(*SKIP)(*F)|e
^(?!\/).*
a line doesn't start with a /
(*SKIP)(*F)
skips the consumed text so far, which is the entire line|
ore
matches e
, if the e
didn't get skipped, means it's inside a line that starts with /
See the test cases
Thanks for Jan's advice.
If the /
doen't always start from the beginning of a line, you may try
^[^\/]*(*SKIP)(*F)|e
See the test cases