Why is the last blank line before not recognized by the regular expression?

Asked Jun 02 '20 at 13:12

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I would like to get rid of extra lines before a paragraph using regular expressions in multiline mode. However, the following results in blank lines being detected twice in a loop:

^\s*

The results can be seen here. Why is the last blank line before the text not a part of the match? It is the reason the duplicate match occurs.

edited Jun 03 '20 at 00:34

Peter Mortensen

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It is matched. The line is not blank, it is empty. You can't highlight and see an empty string/line – Wiktor Stribiżew Jun 02 '20 at 13:13

Why is the last blank line before not recognized by the regular expression?

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