Regular Expression to match only the first block of text

Asked Dec 14 '16 at 19:35

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The text below has 3 blocks that start with /*+ and end with /*-. The regular expression (/[*][+]a[*]/)((?s).*)(/[*][-]a[*]/)\R matches all the text below. How can I match only the first block?

TEXT TEXT TEXT
TEXT TEXT TEXT

/*+a*/
--TEXT 1
--TEXT 1
/*-a*/

TEXT TEXT TEXT

/*+x*/
--TEXT 2
--TEXT 2
/*-x*/

TEXT TEXT TEXT
TEXT TEXT TEXT

/*+a*/
--TEXT 3
--TEXT 3
/*-a*/

TEXT TEXT TEXT
TEXT TEXT TEXT

asked Dec 14 '16 at 19:35

TFarias

`((?s).*)` -> `((?s).*?)`, see https://regex101.com/r/GCu3lh/1. – Wiktor Stribiżew Dec 14 '16 at 19:38
That's it! Thanks a lot! – TFarias Dec 15 '16 at 11:54

Regular Expression to match only the first block of text

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