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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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re = /'[^']*(?!\\)'(*SKIP)(*F) # Make sure we're not matching inside of quotes |(?m-s:\s*(?:\-{2}|\#)[^\n]*$) # Single line comment |(?: \/\*.*?\*\/ # Multi-line comment (?(?=(?m-s:[\t ]+$)) # Get trailing whitespace if any exists and only if it's the rest of the line [\t ]+ ) )/x str = 'CALL agr_agreement( 1, 13075, \'HBO Latin America--this is a test\', \'(123) 456-7890\', \'M\', \'John Doe\', \'john@doecom\', \'Miami\', \'(123) 456-7890\', \'Net 30\', \'Quarterly\', 0, \'2014-09-01\', \'2014-09-01\', /* This is a multi\'\'-line comment */ \'2017-08-31\', -- single line comment 36, /*Inline, but multi-line comment*/\'2015-03-26 06:59:44\', @status );' subst = '' result = str.gsub(re, subst) # Print the result of the substitution puts result

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Ruby, please visit: http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.0/Regexp.html