How to match n number of newline character(\n) in lex and yacc

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I see now that your original string is correct. But you don't need the first *. The * after the parenthesis takes care of it. The reason it works is because of |. It means either the first character range or the second character range. Really, it's redundant: you should be able to put everything into one set of brackets.

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Thanks for your timely help. It was of great help to me.

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