Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative\/\*\*.*?\*\/\s*function(*SKIP)(*FAIL)

\/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)

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

functionthe literal text function (case sensitive)

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*FAIL)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

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

\/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)

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

Global pattern flags

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

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

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25 tokens

\/\*\*.*?\*\/\s*function(*SKIP)(*FAIL)|\/\*\*.*?\*\/\s*

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