Re: regexp for "anything except the combination .} "
On 5/27/07, Russell L. Harris <rlharris@oplink.net> wrote:
I am trying to write a regular expression which searches for the
following string:
\footnote{xxxxx.}
where xxxx is any character, including newline. I wish to capture the
entire string in a match variable. Thus far, I have
written:
/(\\footnote(.*([^\.][^}]))/s
Do you want to match to the end of file, or are you assuming there's
always a ".}" at the end? If the latter, then I'd think one of the
following would work (depending on how much you want to capture:
/\\footnote(.*)\.}/s # grab the text in the footnote, without the trailing "."
/(\\footnote.*\.})/s # grab the whole latex command
/(\\footnote.*)\.}/s # grab the start of the command and everything in
the arg except the trailing "."
In any case, you'll run into problems with text like this:
\footnote{We can match a bunch of footnotes, but \emph{this is too
difficult for a one-line regexp.} C'est la vie.}
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