regex101: JavaScript Match Workspace

Pro

wantedthe literal text wanted (case sensitive)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Group 1(.|\n)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative.

.any character (except for line terminators)

2nd Alternative\n

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

\n{2,}a line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10), repeated at least 2 times

Global pattern flags

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

26 tokens

Regular Expression

wanted\(.*{(.|\n)*}\n{2,}

New

function someFunc() {
  const a = 6;

  if (a === 7) {
    while (true) {
      break;
    }
  }
}

wanted()

function wanted() {
  const a = 555;

  if (a === 1) {
    while (true) {
      break;
    }
  }
}

function someFunc() {
  const a = 6;

  if (a === 7) {
    while (true) {
      break;
    }
  }
}

Extraction

function someFunc() {
  const a = 6;

  if (a === 7) {
    while (true) {
      break;
    }
  }
}

wanted()

function wanted() {
  const a = 555;

  if (a === 1) {
    while (true) {
      break;
    }
  }
}

function someFunc() {
  const a = 6;

  if (a === 7) {
    while (true) {
      break;
    }
  }
}