Re: regex query
Justin C wrote:
I've been given a regex that matches white space between the last \w on
a line and the \n at the end of the line. The regex is:
\s+(?=\n)
I understand the \s+, what is going on with the (?=\n) ?
Thank you for any help you can give with this.
It's the look-ahead. It finds the pattern by inspecting the surroundings
but without matching to them.
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