hi, im needing to detect some patterns in a block text but don't know what expression use. This is a simplified version of my problem

start

     some text that can have ()"'., characters

end

this dont must be matched

start

     another random text that can have ()"'., characters

end

as you can see, the pattern begins with "start" word and finish with "end" word, and in this sample i must got the next 2 matchs.

match 1:

start

     some text that can have ()"'., characters

end

match 2:

start

     another random text that can have ()"'., characters

end

 

It's possible to do with regular expressions? im using java btw. Thanks in advance

limiter:

 This is a simplified version of my problem

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Michael

"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
Albert Einstein

oh sorry, this is my complete problem. I have the next text with this 3 sections that starts with the "rule" word and ends with the "end" word. And i must build a regular expression able to detect all of them separatly. This is an example, the rule-end sections can be more or less, of course

complete text:

package com.domain.test;

import com.domain.test.OtherExampleCode

import com.domain.test.SomeExampleCode

rule "MA30"
when
    $ma30 : Double() from accumulate( ClosePrice( $value : open ) over window:time( 30ms ),    average( $value ) )
then
    results.setMa30( 3000 );
end 

rule "MA20"
when
    $ma20 : Double() from accumulate( ClosePrice( $value : open ) over window:time( 20ms ),    average( $value ) )
then
    results.setMa20( $ma20 );
    Integer other = $ma20 * 33;
    System.out.println("result: " + other);
end

rule "MA23"
when
    $ma23 : Double() from accumulate( ClosePrice( $value : open ) over window:time( 23ms ),    average( $value ) )
then
    System.out.println("some text");
    results.setMa23( $ma20 );
end
 

Expected output:

group 1:

rule "MA30"
when
    $ma30 : Double() from accumulate( ClosePrice( $value : open ) over window:time( 30ms ),    average( $value ) )
then
    results.setMa30( 3000 );
end

 

group 2:

rule "MA20"
when
    $ma20 : Double() from accumulate( ClosePrice( $value : open ) over window:time( 20ms ),    average( $value ) )
then
    results.setMa20( $ma20 );
    Integer other = $ma20 * 33;
    System.out.println("result: " + other);
end

group 3:

rule "MA23"
when
    $ma23 : Double() from accumulate( ClosePrice( $value : open ) over window:time( 23ms ),    average( $value ) )
then
    System.out.println("some text");
    results.setMa23( $ma20 );
end 

 

Thanks

Raw Match Pattern:
^rule.+?end\s*$

Java Code Example:
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
class Module1{
  public static void main(String[] asd){
  String sourcestring = "source string to match with pattern";
  Pattern re = Pattern.compile("^rule.+?end\\s*$",Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.DOTALL);
  Matcher m = re.matcher(sourcestring);
  int mIdx = 0;
    while (m.find()){
      for( int groupIdx = 0; groupIdx < m.groupCount()+1; groupIdx++ ){
        System.out.println( "[" + mIdx + "][" + groupIdx + "] = " + m.group(groupIdx));
      }
      mIdx++;
    }
  }
}

$matches Array:
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => rule "MA30"
when
    $ma30 : Double() from accumulate( ClosePrice( $value : open ) over window:time( 30ms ),    average( $value ) )
then
    results.setMa30( 3000 );
end 


            [1] => rule "MA20"
when
    $ma20 : Double() from accumulate( ClosePrice( $value : open ) over window:time( 20ms ),    average( $value ) )
then
    results.setMa20( $ma20 );
    Integer other = $ma20 * 33;
    System.out.println("result: " + other);
end

            [2] => rule "MA23"
when
    $ma23 : Double() from accumulate( ClosePrice( $value : open ) over window:time( 23ms ),    average( $value ) )
then
    System.out.println("some text");
    results.setMa23( $ma20 );
end
 
        )

)

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Michael

"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
Albert Einstein

i didn't receive the subscription mail, that's strange... but this solution worked great! thanks for your time! and now, how to detect from this group

group 2:

rule "MA20"
when
    $ma20 : Double() from accumulate( ClosePrice( $value : open ) over window:time( 20ms ),    average( $value ) )
then
    results.setMa20( $ma20 );
    Integer other = $ma20 * 33;
    System.out.println("result: " + other);
end

this output. I was only able to detect the when random_characters_and_finishing_with then group

output from group 2:

when
    $ma20 : Double() from accumulate( ClosePrice( $value : open ) over window:time( 20ms ),    average( $value ) )

 

 

 thanks!

i figured how to do it myself, thanks anyway