Regular Expressions 101

(?s)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gms

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

<data name="the literal text <data name=" (case sensitive)

Group 1([^"]*)

Negated Character Class[^"]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

">the literal text ">

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?!data).)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negative Lookahead(?!data)

datathe literal text data (case sensitive)

.any character

DoNotUsethe literal text DoNotUse (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

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Regular Expression

(?s)<data name="([^"]*)">(?:(?!data).)*DoNotUse

New

<data name="A">
    <value>A</value>
<comment>Bla Bla</comment>
</data>
<data name="B">
    <value>B</value>
</data>
<data name="C">
    <value>###DoNotUse###</value>
    <comment>Bla Bla</comment>
</data>
<data name="D">
    <value>D</value>
    <comment>Bla Bla</comment>
</data>
<data name="E">
    <value>###DoNotUse###</value>
</data>

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