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		LaputanMachine 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Regex Isn't Hard (2023) I've also seen people use `[\s\S]` to match all characters when they couldn't use `.`.

tomsmeding 11 months ago | [–]

This is a common approach when the regex needs to match any character including newlines; `.` often doesn't.

dimava 11 months ago | [–]

I generally use `[^]`

Also you can use . with the dotAll /s

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