functionList/cobol.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
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<NotepadPlus>
	<functionList>
		<!-- Variant for COBOL fixed-form reference format -->
		<parser id="cobol_section_fixed" displayName="COBOL fixed-form reference format">
			<function
				mainExpr="(?x)                                             # Utilize inline comments (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`)
					(?m-s)(^.{6}[ D])                                      # ignore first 6 columns, 7 must be empty or D (debug-line)
					([\t ]{0,3})                                           # don't start after column 12
					(?!exit\s)[\w_-]+(\.|((?'seps'([\t ]|\*&gt;.*|([\n\r]+(.{6}([ D]|\*.*)|.{0,6}$)))+)section(\.|((?&amp;seps)(\.|[\w_-]+\.)))))
																			# all names that come before `section` but not `exit section`
					"
			>
				<functionName>
					<nameExpr expr="[\w_-]+((?=\.)|((?'seps'([\t ]|\*&gt;.*|([\n\r]+(.{6}([ D]|\*.*)|.{0,6}$)))+)section((?=\.)|(?&amp;seps)((?=\.)|[\w_-]+(?=\.)))))"/>
				</functionName>
			</function>
		</parser>
	</functionList>
</NotepadPlus>