Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Group 1([^"*]|".*")*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^"*]

Negated Character Class[^"*]

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

2nd Alternative".*"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\*+the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆) , repeated at least once

Group 2(([^"/*]|".*")([^"*]|".*")*\*+)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Group 3([^"/*]|".*")

1st Alternative[^"/*]

Negated Character Class[^"/*]

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

2nd Alternative".*"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 4([^"*]|".*")*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^"*]

Negated Character Class[^"*]

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

2nd Alternative".*"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\*+the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆) , repeated at least once

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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25 tokens

/\*([^"*]|".*")*\*+(([^"/*]|".*")([^"*]|".*")*\*+)*/

/* */
/* **/
/** **/
/* * */
/*"*/"*/
/**"*/"*/
/* "*/" */
/*"*/" ** "**/" **/
/* "*/"  * "*/"  "*/" ***/