regex is not matching content in multiple line in javascript

Question

Regex expression is working when the content is in the same line. But it does not work if the same content is in multiple line. Please identify a mistake

Regex:

   <([^\s]+).*?id="opensource".*?>(.+?)<\/\1>

It works with content in same line:

  <article id="opensource">Cabby </article>

It does not works with content in different line:

 <article id="opensource">
  Cabby
 </article>

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 05 '19 at 18:34

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You need to account for the whitespace characters.

<([^\s]+).*?id="opensource".*?>(?:\s+)?(.+?)(?:\s+)?<\/\1>

Here is a working example: https://regex101.com/r/OQH7A5/1

answered Oct 05 '19 at 18:34

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`(?:\s+)?` is better written `\s*` and `[^\s]+` `\S+`. – Toto Oct 05 '19 at 18:36
@Toto tru I knew that lol – 10100111001 Oct 05 '19 at 18:37
Try with `
blah
Cabby
` – Toto Oct 05 '19 at 18:39

regex is not matching content in multiple line in javascript

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