regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Group 1(\S*)

\S*any non-whitespace character, repeated any number of times

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^)]|//[^\r\n]*\)|/\*(?:(?!\*/).)*\*/)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^)]

Negated Character Class[^)]

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative//[^\r\n]*\)

//the literal text //

Negated Character Class[^\r\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

3rd Alternative/\*(?:(?!\*/).)*\*/

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?!\*/).)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negative Lookahead(?!\*/)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

.any character

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

refthe literal text ref (case sensitive)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

SqlConnectionthe literal text SqlConnection (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

Search reference

Regular Expression

(\S*)\((?:[^)]|//[^\r\n]*\)|/\*(?:(?!\*/).)*\*/)*ref\s*SqlConnection

New

public static bool InsertNotes(string TableName, string TableKey, string DocType, string InsuredKey, string SubmissionKey,
    string Staff, string DefaultAction, string DisplayKey, FileType FileType, string IFSFileName,
                                    string IFSFolder, string IFSTimeStamp, string Subject, string Notation, NoteType NoteType,
                                    //string Company, string NoteCategory, ref OracleConnection Connection)
                                    string Company, string NoteCategory, string DocumentName)
    { //Stuff here
}

public static bool InsertNote1(string TableName, string TableKey, string DocType, string InsuredKey, string SubmissionKey,
                                    string Staff, string DefaultAction, string DisplayKey, FileType FileType, string IFSFileName,
                                    string IFSFolder, string IFSTimeStamp, string Subject, string Notation, NoteType NoteType,
                                    //string Company, string NoteCategory, ref OracleConnection Connection)
                                    string Company, string NoteCategory, string DocumentName, ref SqlConnection Connection)
    { //Stuff here
}

public static bool InsertNote2(string TableName, string TableKey, string DocType, string InsuredKey, string SubmissionKey,
                                    string Staff, string DefaultAction, string DisplayKey, FileType FileType, string IFSFileName,
                                    string IFSFolder, string IFSTimeStamp, string Subject, string Notation, NoteType NoteType,
                                    /*string Company, string NoteCategory, ref OracleConnection Connection)*/
                                    string Company, string NoteCategory, string DocumentName, ref SqlConnection Connection)
    { //Stuff here
}