Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative(?:\*/.*?/\*|[^\w\s]+)(*SKIP)(*F)

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

1st Alternative\*/.*?/\*

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

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

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

2nd Alternative[^\w\s]+

Negated Character Class[^\w\s]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\wany word character

\sany whitespace character

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

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

2nd Alternative\w+

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

(?:\*/.*?/\*|[^\w\s]+)(*SKIP)(*F)|\w+

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Thank You!1!11 | )(^%& */person-first_name/* For Being Awesome */person-c235/* - Number 39658!? $450 | And Some moretextstuff */test/*