Any Character: . matches any character except \n : Match « Regular Expressions « VB.Net Tutorial

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Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim pattern As String = "^.+"
      Dim input As String = "This is one line and" + vbCrLf + "this is the second."
      For Each match As Match In Regex.Matches(input, pattern)
         Console.WriteLine(Regex.Escape(match.Value))
      Next
      Console.WriteLine()
      For Each match As Match In Regex.Matches(input, pattern, RegexOptions.SingleLine)
         Console.WriteLine(Regex.Escape(match.Value))
      Next
   End Sub
End Module