Regular Expressions 101

Non-Capturing Group(?:\/\/|(?:\[?([^\[\]^\\^n]+)]?)|\\n)

1st Alternative\/\/

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?:\[?([^\[\]^\\^n]+)]?)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\[?([^\[\]^\\^n]+)]?)

\[?optionally matches the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Group 1([^\[\]^\\^n]+)

Negated Character Class[^\[\]^\\^n]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

nthe literal n (110₁₀ / 156₈ / 6E₁₆) (case sensitive)

]?optionally matches the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

3rd Alternative\\n

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

nthe literal n (110₁₀ / 156₈ / 6E₁₆) (case sensitive)

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

(?:\/\/|(?:\[?([^\[\]^\\^n]+)]?)|\\n)

//[***][&&]\n