Regexp split multiline by delimiter

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I have a multiple line text file which have blocks of text. Each block starts with name=, block can have variable number of lines. I need to extract these blocks, including name=. Here is my best idea so far:

/(name=.*?)/gs

But it only matches the begging of the block name=, not the whole block.

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What language/platform/flavor? – Mathias R. Jessen Sep 06 '15 at 12:29 — Mathias R. Jessen, Sep 06 '15 at 12:29
@Jessen I suppose it may be Perl. – hata Sep 06 '15 at 12:45 — hata, Sep 06 '15 at 12:45
I didn't specify I guess it's common for all languages. – Vladimir Sep 06 '15 at 12:48 — Vladimir, Sep 06 '15 at 12:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 05 '20 at 12:18

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/(name=.*?)(?=name=|$)/gs

You need to give your regex someway to stop. So include a lookahead which would stop regex at next instance of next= or end of string.

edited Sep 05 '20 at 12:18

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Regexp split multiline by delimiter

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