Regex for VS Code and IDE Search/Match across multiple lines

Find a React `useEffect` block or similar code span.

Section: VS Code Find and Replace

Match across multiple lines

regex
regex
useEffect\s*\(\s*\(\)\s*=>[\s\S]*?\)\s*,\s*\[[^\]]*\]\s*\)
Explanation

VS Code uses a JavaScript-like engine, so `[\s\S]` is a common any-character-across-lines technique.

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