multiline regex expression

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eggie5 - 21 Jul 2007 05:33 GMT

This should have been an easy expression to build, but I can't figure
it out.

I just want to match any text between the  and <!-
endscripts--> tag:


<script src="assets/scripts/tabber.js" type="text/javascript"></
script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="management.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="assets/scripts/prototype.js"></
script>

<script src="assets/scripts/scriptaculous.js" type="text/
javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="assets/scripts/
MMSService.js"></script>

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SadRed - 21 Jul 2007 06:38 GMT

> This should have been an easy expression to build, but I can't figure
> it out.
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>
>

String text = "yumyum\n<script src=\"assets/scripts/
tabber.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"></\nscript>\n<script type=\"text/
javascript\" src=\"management.js\"></script>\n<script type=\"text/
javascript\" src=\"assets/scripts/prototype.js\"></\nscript>\n<script
src=\"assets/scripts/scriptaculous.js\" type=\"text/\njavascript\"></
script>\n<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"assets/scripts/
\nMMSService.js\"></script>\n\nmommom";

String regex = "(?s).*(.*).*";

String result = text.replaceAll(regex, "$1");
System.out.println(result);

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Joshua Cranmer - 21 Jul 2007 17:55 GMT

> This should have been an easy expression to build, but I can't figure it
> out.
>
> I just want to match any text between the  and <!-
> endscripts--> tag:

Try using Pattern.compile("(.*)",
Pattern.DOTALL).matcher( /string/ ).group(1);

(from Java API, Pattern documentation: )

The regular expression . matches any character except a line terminator
unless the DOTALL flag is specified.

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SadRed - 21 Jul 2007 22:02 GMT

> > This should have been an easy expression to build, but I can't figure it
> > out.
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> The regular expression . matches any character except a line terminator
> unless the DOTALL flag is specified.

Hey Josh, (?s) == DOTALL.
Didn't you know that?

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Roedy Green - 22 Jul 2007 03:09 GMT

>Hey Josh, (?s) == DOTALL.

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/regex.html#FLAGS

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