regex - How to make the regexp ignore a new line in python? -

i use regex that

return(\s+([^"\n;]+))?;

in order match return statement in obj-c,but when use through python this:

re.sub(r'return(\s+([^"\n;]+))?;',r'{\g<0>}',str(content))

i find match statement

//please {return [self funca];}

and make code error.how can deal ?

i think issue regex has \s matches whitespace.

you might want match literal spaces or tabs [ \t]:

r'return([ \t]+([^"\n;]+))?;'

(demo) or - better:

r'return[ \t]+[^"\n;]*;'

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