Regex for VS Code and IDE Search/Enable regex mode in search

Use regex search in VS Code find/replace.

Section: VS Code Find and Replace

Enable regex mode in search

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Explanation

Toggle the `.*` regex icon in Find or Search. Then use patterns like the examples below.

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