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I would like to get the text between certain keywords [en] and [ja]

So for the following example:

[en]
Text
- Example
- Example
- Example

[ja]
Text
 - 例
 - 例
 - 例

I need it to return only:

Text
- Example
- Example
- Example

I have tried using regex:

([en])(.|\n)+?([ja])

But it only grabs the first 2 characters of first line. What am I doing wrong here?

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  • @anubhava but it also gets [en] and [ja] with it Commented Jul 6, 2022 at 14:40
  • Ok then \[en]\n((?:.*\n)+?)\[ja] Commented Jul 6, 2022 at 14:41

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Captures all the text between [en] and [ja]

(?<=\[en\]\n)(?:(?:.*\n)+?)(?=\n\[ja\])

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Is there a way to skip the last line break?
yes you can use: (?<=[en]\n)(?:(?:.*\n)+?)(?=\n[ja])
that doesn't work
(?<=\[en]\n)(?:(?:.*\n)+?)(?=\n\[ja\]) does it
link and code edited on top. It is working.
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You may use this regex for capturing text between [en] and [ja]:

\[en]\n((?:.*\n)*?)\n\[ja]

RegEx Demo

RegEx Details:

  • \[en]\n: Match [en] followed by a line break
  • ((?:.*\n)+?): Match anything followed by a line break. Repeat this group 1+ times (lazy matching) and capture matched text in group #1
  • \n\[ja]: Match line break followed by [ja]
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Is there a way to skip the last line break?
@HeelMega: Try my updated answer now

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