Question

I would like to search my Visual Studio C++ Project for array version of new operator e.g.

some_type some_variable = new my_name [some_size];

I tried this but it doesn’t work:

new [a-zA-Z0-9]+ \[

How can I achieve this with regex ?

Answer 1

You need to allow all valid identifier characters in your character class (the [a-zA-Z0-9]+ part). In your example, you have an underscore, for instance. Also, you might want to make the space between the identifier and the brackets optional.

Try this:

new [A-Za-z0-9_]+\s*\[

But check the specifications regarding exactly what characters are valid for my_name