Regular Expressions 101

Pro

#the literal # (35₁₀ / 43₈ / 23₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^<>]

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 1(.*[^<>]$)

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

Negated Character Class[^<>]

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

$end of line

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

Regular Expression

#[^<>](.*[^<>]$)

New

Write-Host "Hello world" # comment here
# A line with only comment
Comment without whitespace#before
Comment with whitespace #after before
Comment with whitespace #after 


Write-Host "Hello world" <# inline comment here #>
<# A line with only inline comment #>
Comment without whitespace<#no whitespace#>around
Inline comment <# in middle #> of line