Regular Expressions 101

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\n\r]+?

+?matches at least one character outside the set below:

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\*\)|[\n\r])

1st Alternative\*\)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative[\n\r]

Character Class[\n\r]

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

Global pattern flags

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

\/\/[^\n\r]+?(?:\*\)|[\n\r])

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//This is a comment*)

// something *) something *)

This is not a comment 

This is not a comment *)

This is not a comment // with a double forward slash inline