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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