wow, these are all great! and i think i can definitely adapt them for my needs. I apologize in my unclearness....I should have noted that the "case name" that I was trying to grab was all of the text between the two patterns... that is, the looooooong string: 

HOKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; HALIFAX COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION; ROBESON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; CUMBERLAND
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCA\TION; VANCE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION;
RANDY L. HASTY, individually and as guardian ad litem of
Randell B. Hasty; STEVEN R. SUNKEL, individually and as
guardian ad litem of Andrew J. Sunkel; LIONEL WHIDBEE,
individually and as guardian ad litem of Jeremy L. Whidbee;
TYRONE T. WILLIAMS, individually and as guardian ad litem of
Trevelyn L. Williams; D.E. LOCKLEAR, JR., individually and
as guardian ad litem of Jason E. Locklear; ANGUS B. THOMPSON
II, individually and as guardian ad litem of Vandaliah J.
Thompson; MARY ELIZABETH LOWERY, individually and as
guardian ad litem of Lannie Rae Lowery; JENNIE G. PEARSON,
individually and as guardian ad litem of Sharese D. Pearson;
BENITA B. TIPTON, individually and as guardian ad litem of
Whitney B. Tipton; DANA HOLTON JENKINS, individually and as
guardian ad litem of Rachel M. Jenkins; LEON R. ROBINSON,
individually and as guardian ad litem of Justin A. Robinson,
Plaintiffs and ASHEVILLE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION; BUNCOMBE
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG BOARD OF
EDUCATION; DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION; WAKE
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION; CASSANDRA INGRAM, individually and as
guardian ad litem of Darris Ingram; CAROL PENLAND,
individually and as guardian ad litem of Jeremy Penland;
DARLENE HARRIS, individually and as guardian ad litem of
Shamek Harris; NETTIE THOMPSON, individually and as guardian
ad litem of Annette Renee Thompson; OPHELIA AIKEN,
individually and as guardian ad litem of Brandon Bell,
Plaintiff-Intervenors 

v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA and the
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendants

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..not the case number which is what my script was incorrectly capturing. But I think I can adapt the solutions that you have provided to get that information into a scaler.

best, Michael

In reply to Re^2: Capture/Counting text between patterns across multiple lines by micwood
in thread Capture/Counting text between patterns across multiple lines by micwood

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