<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<!-- ==========================================================================\

|

| To learn how to make your own language parser, please check the following

| link:

| https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/function-list/

|

\=========================================================================== -->

<NotepadPlus>

<functionList>

<!-- Variant for COBOL free-form reference format -->

<parser id="cobol_section_free" displayName="COBOL free-form reference format">

<!-- working comment Expression:

commentExpr="(?m-s)(?:\*&gt;).*$"

cannot be used because problems with comment boundaries

in current FunctionList implementation, for details see

https://sourceforge.net/p/notepad-plus/patches/597/

-->

<!-- Variant with paragraphs (don't work with comment lines

before section/paragraph header, can be activated when

comment boundaries work and the commentExpr is used) -->

<!--

<function

mainExpr="(?m-s)(?<=\.)\s*(?!exit\s)[\w_-]+(\s+section(\s*|(\s+[\w_-]+)?))(?=\.)"

"

>

<functionName>

<nameExpr expr="(?m-s)(?<=[\s\.])[\w_-]+(\s*section\s*([\w_-]+)?)?"/>

</functionName>

</function>

-->

<!-- Variant without paragraphs (works with comment lines before section header) -->

<function

mainExpr="(?x) # Utilize inline comments (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`)

[\s\.](?!exit\s)[\w_-]+\s+section(\s*|(\s+[\w_-]+)?)(?=\.) # all names that come before `section` but not `exit section`

"

>

<functionName>

<nameExpr expr="[\w_-]+\s*section"/>

</functionName>

</function>

</parser>

</functionList>

</NotepadPlus>