How to specify regex flags in sublime text search bar

how-to-specify-regex-flags-in-sublime-text-search-bar.md

Based on this answer from @kingkeith on the sublime text forum (thanks).

When using regular expressions to search within sublime text, flags can be specified by adding (?MY_FLAGS) at the beggining of the expression.

Example:

(?s)pattern with dots also matching new lines

Default flags can be removed by adding - before the flag letter:

(?-m)^pattern matching the whole file$

The default flags are:

• g: match more than once (cannot be removed)
• m: ^ and $ match the beginning and end of lines, respectively
• i: depends on the case sensitive toggle state