Search in File with Regex not working properly

[juergenbosch]

• VS Code Version: 1.63.2
• OS Version: Window 10

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open a file with the following content:
   [
   {
   "__metadata": {
   "id": "",
   "uri": "",
   "type": ""
   },
   "ChmlCmplncInfoUUID": "0894ef45-8661-1ee8-b4de-722cc0233ee5",
   "CmplRqRsltUUID": "0894ef45-7651-1edc-a0ee-91a120b281cb",
   "Language": "RO",
   "Language_Text": "Romanian",
   "CmplRqVersName": "ADN 2021",
   "ComplianceRequirement": "ADN",
   "CmplRqRsltProcessingStatus": "IP",
   "DngrsGoodMarkingLabelText": "MARKING3"
   },
   {
   "__metadata": {
   "id": "",
   "uri": "",
   "type": ""
   },
   "ChmlCmplncInfoUUID": "0894ef45-8661-1ee8-b4de-722cc0233ee5",
   "CmplRqRsltUUID": "0894ef45-7651-1edc-a0ee-91a120b281cb",
   "Language": "HR",
   "Language_Text": "Croatian",
   "CmplRqVersName": "ADN 2021",
   "ComplianceRequirement": "ADN",
   "CmplRqRsltProcessingStatus": "IP",
   "DngrsGoodMarkingLabelText": "MARKING3"
   }
   ]

2. Search with the regex pattern: "__metadata"[^}]*},

Result: Nothing is found.

Expected: The Search should find the following multiline content:
"__metadata": {
"id": "",
"uri": "",
"type": ""
},

To check if the regex pattern is correct i have matches if i use the same regex pattern on: https://regex101.com/

[gjsjohnmurray]

Maybe #131507

[IllusionMH]

Are you using find widget inside of editor or for open file?

RegExps searches don't perform multiline matches unless they have hints e.g. \n for performance reasons).

As you have } at the end of match you can use "__metadata"[\s\S\n]*?\}, where \n will trigger multiline match. Or just add \n in the end of your regexp (use lookahead if it shouldn't be part of match)

P.S. it's better to wrap inline code in backticks `code` and code blocks as in

```
code
```

as it looks like \ is missing in your regexp.

@gjsjohnmurray that issue looks mainly about like duplicates in results

[juergenbosch]

Thanks great now it works