How can I retrieve all lines of a document containing "strA", but not "strB", in the Visual Studio search box?
How can I retrieve all lines of a document containing "strA", but not "strB", in the Visual Studio search box?
For Visual Studio 2010 (and previous versions):
The Visual Studio search box has its own, bizarre version of regex syntax. This expression works as requested:
^~(.*strB).*strA
^ matches the beginning of a line. (Typically for a text editor, there's no "multiline" option; ^ and $ always match at line boundaries.)
. matches any character except a newline. (Not so typically, there appears to be no "single-line" or "dot-all" mode that lets dots match newlines.)
~(...) is the "prevent match" construct, equivalent (as far as I can tell) to the negative lookahead ((?!...)) used by the other responders.