Regular Expressions 101

Pro

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^*]*+

Negated Character Class[^*]*+

*+matches any number of characters outside the set below:

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

2nd Alternative\*(?!/)[^*]*+

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!/)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^*]*+

*+matches any number of characters outside the set below:

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\s*function)

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

functionthe literal text function (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

/\*\*(?:[^*]*+|\*(?!/)[^*]*+)*\*/(?!\s*function)

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function

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function

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