regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Pro

Group 1(TASK.+)

TASKthe literal text TASK (case sensitive)

.+any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 2({[\s\S]*})

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Character Class[\s\S]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

voidthe literal text void (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(TASK.+)\s*({[\s\S]*})\s*void

New

TASK(arg1)
{
    if (cond)
    {
      /* Comment */
      function_call();
      if(condIsTrue)
      {
         DoSomethingelse();
      }
    }
    if (cond1)
    {
      /* Comment */
      function_call1();
    }
}


void FunctionIDoNotWant(void)
{
    if (cond)
    {
      /* Comment */
      function_call();
    }
    if (cond1)
    {
      /* Comment */
      function_call1();
    }
}

Substitution

TASK(arg1)
{
    if (cond)
    {
      /* Comment */
      function_call();
      if(condIsTrue)
      {
         DoSomethingelse();
      }
    }
    if (cond1)
    {
      /* Comment */
      function_call1();
    }
}


void FunctionIDoNotWant(void)
{
    if (cond)
    {
      /* Comment */
      function_call();
    }
    if (cond1)
    {
      /* Comment */
      function_call1();
    }
}