Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative/\*\N*?\*/\K

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\N*?any non-newline character, repeated any number of times

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\Kresets the starting point of the reported match. Any previously consumed characters are no longer included in the final match

2nd Alternative/\*.*?\*/

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

/\*\N*?\*/\K|/\*.*?\*/

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