Question

I have a file like this:

-- START 
.
.
Err_EstensioneDatiClientiFornitori:
    Set ClsExtClifor = Nothing
    Set CallInterface = Nothing
    Call MsgError("EstensioneDatiClientiFornitori")
End Sub

 declare Cg44_clifor  decimal(8,0)
 declare Cg44_clifor  decimal(6,0)
' declare Cg44_clifor  decimal(6,0)
PC_CalcolaSaldoAllaData
PC_CalcolaSaldoMensileParziale
.
.
--END 

I have to match only lines that contains decimal(6,0) but don’t start with character '.

I’ve tried this regEx:

.*?decimal\(6,0\)

and I get two matches. First one:

 declare Cg44_clifor  decimal(6,0)

Second one:

' declare Cg44_clifor  decimal(6,0)

How can I exclude the second one? I don’t want lines that starts with '.

Answer 1

Easy enough try this:

^[^'].*?decimal\(6,0\)

or even better version:

^(\s*[^']\s*)\w.*?decimal\(6,0\)

Will skip any white space before checking for single quote.

EDIT:

In case library matches on multiple lines, this should work:

^\s*[^'\n]\s*.*?decimal\(6,0\)