The latest articles on DEV Community by A-li-ef (@_alief_aziz). https://dev.to/_alief_aziz https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F117359%2F020cec48-fec7-4ca9-8c09-19ab49e61dc7.jpg https://dev.to/_alief_aziz en A-li-ef Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:45:23 +0000 https://dev.to/_alief_aziz/answer-why-does-nextgroup-not-match-newline-without-trailing-whitespace-4hh0 https://dev.to/_alief_aziz/answer-why-does-nextgroup-not-match-newline-without-trailing-whitespace-4hh0 <div class="ltag__stackexchange--container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title-container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title"> <h1> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--pTF_nE4a--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/stackoverflow-logo-b42691ae545e4810b105ee957979a853a696085e67e43ee14c5699cf3e890fb4.svg" alt=""> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14426845/why-does-nextgroup-not-match-newline-without-trailing-whitespace/18148503#18148503" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span class="title-flare">answer</span> re: Why does nextgroup not match newline without trailing whitespace? </a> </h1> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--post-metadata"> <span>Aug 9 '13</span> </div> </div> <a class="ltag__stackexchange--score-container" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14426845/why-does-nextgroup-not-match-newline-without-trailing-whitespace/18148503#18148503" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--5MiFESHx--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/stackexchange-arrow-up-eff2e2849e67d156181d258e38802c0b57fa011f74164a7f97675ca3b6ab756b.svg" alt=""> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--score-number"> 2 </div> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--Rk_a5QFN--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/stackexchange-arrow-down-4349fac0dd932d284fab7e4dd9846f19a3710558efde0d2dfd05897f3eeb9aba.svg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--body"> <p>If a match ends immediately before <code>\n</code>, the <code>nextgroup</code> argument will be ignored unless <code>skipnl</code> is also specified, even if one of the groups in <code>nextgroup</code> would have matched starting with <code>\n</code>.</p> <p>In the given example, since the first <code>Foo</code> match ends immediately before <code>\n</code> and <code>Foo</code> does…</p> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--btn--container"> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14426845/why-does-nextgroup-not-match-newline-without-trailing-whitespace/18148503#18148503" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Full Answer</a> </div> </div>