regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Substitution Workspace

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Group 1(.*)

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

Group 2(\s*\/\*.*|\s*\/\/.*)

1st Alternative\s*\/\*.*

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

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

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

2nd Alternative\s*\/\/.*

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

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

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

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(.*)(\s*\/\*.*|\s*\/\/.*)

New

    String str1 = "SUM 10"      /*This is a Comments */ ;   
    String str2 = "SUM 10";     //This is a Comments"  
    String str3 = "http://google.com";   /*This is a Comments*/
    String str4 = "('file:///xghsghsh.html/')";  //Comments
    String str5 = "{\"temperature\": {\"type\"}}";  //comments

Substitution

\1

    String str1 = "SUM 10"      /*This is a Comments */ ;   
    String str2 = "SUM 10";     //This is a Comments"  
    String str3 = "http://google.com";   /*This is a Comments*/
    String str4 = "('file:///xghsghsh.html/')";  //Comments
    String str5 = "{\"temperature\": {\"type\"}}";  //comments