re = /(?(DEFINE)
(?<cut>
^CUT-FROM-
(?&content)*?
^CUT-TO
)
(?<content>
(?: (?!CUT-(?:FROM-|TO)) . )++
| (?&cut)
)
)
(?&cut)/mx
str = 'CUT-FROM-A ...
CUT-FROM-B ...
CUT-TO ...
ignore
CUT-TO
apple
CUT-FROM-C ...
CUT-TO
orange
'
# Print the match result
str.scan(re) do |match|
puts match.to_s
end
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Ruby, please visit: http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.0/Regexp.html