Question

Consider the example string below:
“And is it possible to foster reconc-
iliation and peacebuilding?”

I would like to match the the token reconc-iliation.

Something like """(?m)\b[^\s]*\-$""" matches recon- but """(?m)\b[^\s]*\-$^[^\s]*\b""" does not match reconc-iliation.

Answer 1

This would work

\b(\S+-[\r\n]+\S+)\b

UPDATE

^ –> matches start of line/ or start of string (depending on using s switch)

$ –> matches end of line/ or end of string (depending on using s switch)

\b –> matches an word boundary

\r –> Carriage return

\n –> New line

Only windows uses both \r and \n as line separator.