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regex to match a string that could extend over several lines

I have examples in a text document line this:

 set (  blah blah blah )

and

 set ( blahlblah
 blahlbal )

and 

set ( blah
blah
blah
blah
blah )

I am using text mate and want to find these and replace with nothing

I got this to work with one line but stumped on how to do this over multiple lines. I tried this:

 SET \(.*\n.*\)
Solution

  • Try a simpler:

    set \([^)]+\)

    Unless the set contains nested sets, that should work.