how to use dotall flag for regex.exec()

Question

i want get to string in a multiline string that content any specific character and i want get to between two specific staring.

i used this regex and this work but if

Answer 1

javascript doesn't support s (dotall) modifier. The only workaround is to use a "catch all" class, like [\s\S] instead of a dot:

regex = new RegExp("\-{2}Head([\\s\\S]*)-{2}\/\Head")

Also note that your expression can be written more concisely using a literal:

regex = /--Head([\s\S]*)--\/Head/