Exclude matched regex pattern

Question

I want to match all consecutive lines, prefixed with a space until a line starts without a space!

The problem is that the "end pattern" [^ ] is part of the match. The end pattern is a start-of-line not starting with a space.

The used pattern: (?im)(?:^( (?s:.*?))(?:^[^ ])) /g

Please can anyone help me? I've spent hours and hours searching on SO and trying negative lookarounds ;)

By "all lines preceeding with a space" do you mean \n\s+ or \s+\n ? — Dai
– Dai, Commented Oct 17, 2016 at 23:45

Sebastian Lenartowicz · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-18 16:01:13Z

1

If I've interpreted your request right, you're overthinking it. The pattern you want is this:

/(?:^ .+\n)+/gm

What it'll do is match every line that starts with a space and ends with a newline, one or more times, in a contiguous fashion.

answered Oct 18, 2016 at 16:01

4,8865 gold badges31 silver badges41 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Answer 1