Regular Expressions 101

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Group 1([^*]|\*+[^*/])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^*]

Negated Character Class[^*]

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

2nd Alternative\*+[^*/]

\*+the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆) , repeated at least once

Negated Character Class[^*/]

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*+the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆) , repeated at least once

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

\/\*([^*]|\*+[^*/])*\*+\/

New

/* comment */ hello world /***** ooo *****/ asdfg /*/***
newline
***/