Matching a unknown range of lines

Member_15505153

I can't quite figure our how to define the expression to match the following. I have a number of places in files where lines contain "START FAILSAFE" and "STOP FAILSAFE" with a varying number of lines between. I would like to match these lines and replace them with an empty line. Anyone have a suggestion? Thanks!

Public Function MyFunction1() As Integer
'*** START FAILSAFE *********
If Not fsDISABLED Then On Error GoTo FailSafe_Error
'*** STOP FAILSAFE **********
A number of lines of code to remain
A number of lines of code to remain
A number of lines of code to remain
Exit function

FailSafe_Error:
'*** START FAILSAFE **********
A number of lines of code to be deleted
A number of lines of code to be deleted
A number of lines of code to be deleted
'*** STOP FAILSAFE **********
End Function

Public Function MyFunction2() As Integer
'*** START FAILSAFE *********
If Not fsDISABLED Then On Error GoTo FailSafe_Error
'*** STOP FAILSAFE **********
A number of lines of code to remain
A number of lines of code to remain
A number of lines of code to remain
A number of lines of code to remain
Exit function
FailSafe_Error:
'*** START FAILSAFE **********
A number of lines of code to be deleted
A number of lines of code to be deleted
A number of lines of code to be deleted
A number of lines of code to be deleted
'*** STOP FAILSAFE **********
End Function

Pete OHanlon

Assuming that the regex engine you are using supports the dotall operator, you can use the following:

'\*\*\* START FAILSAFE \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*(.*?)'\*\*\* STOP FAILSAFE \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

Alternatively, you could use

'\*\*\* START FAILSAFE \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*[\w\W]*?'\*\*\* STOP FAILSAFE \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

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