RegEx works in v1 but not v2 Topic is solved

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This regular expression works in a v1 RegExReplace but not in v2 - any pointers as to what's wrong please?

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Error:  Missing space or operator before this.

Specifically: "configuration"").*,?("".*?\.executePath"": ).*?(""C:.*?" var "(.*?)?\.exe"").*"

--->	063: RegEx := ".*(?<=\n\t{2}""configuration"").*,?("".*?\.executePath"": ).*?(""C:.*?" var "(.*?)?\.exe"").*"

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The Substitution demonstrates the goal of the RegExReplace.
https://regex101.com/r/UxR5cn/1

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A simplified demo to return "line3" "line5".

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multiLineVar := "
(LTrim
    line0
    ""line1""
    line2
    ""line3""
    line4
    ""line5""
    line6
)"
RegEx := ".*(?<=\n""line1"").*?(""line3"").*?(""line5"").*"
result := RegExReplace(multiLineVar, RegEx, "$1 $2")
MsgBox %result% ;v1
;MsgBox result ;v2

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v1: ""
v2: `"

RegEx := ".*(?<=\n\t{2}`"configuration`").*,?(`".*?\.executePath`": ).*?(`"C:.*?" var "(.*?)?\.exe`").*"

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consider enclosing strings in single/double quotes(depending on whichever makes the most sense) to avoid having to unnecessarily escape characters
RegEx := '.*(?<=\n\t{2}"configuration").*,?(".*?\.executePath": ).*?("C:.*?' var '(.*?)?\.exe").*'

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@HotKeyIt & @swagfag

I'm unable to test in the original script as I'm still working through other changes needed, but neither suggestion works for the simplified demo I included.

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multiLineVar := "
(
    line0
    "line1"
    line2
    "line3"
    line4
    "line5"
    line6
)"
RegEx := 's).*(?<=\n"line1").*?("line3?").*?("line5").*'
result := RegExReplace(multiLineVar, RegEx, "$1 $2")
MsgBox result ;v2

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@HotKeyIt Thanks for sorting out the quoting/escaping issue, but I notice that v2 requires the single-line modifier, whereas it wasn't required in v1, not in the above demo at least.

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Yes, not sure why it works in v1, as I understand it should not.