Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1(\/\*<<@\*\/)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

<<@the literal text <<@

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 2((?:[^\/]|\/(?!\*))+?)

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

+?repeats the group contents below at least once:

1st Alternative[^\/]

Negated Character Class[^\/]

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

2nd Alternative\/(?!\*)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\*)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Group 3(\/\*)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Group 4((?:[^*]|\*(?!\/))+?)

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

+?repeats the group contents below at least once:

1st Alternative[^*]

Negated Character Class[^*]

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

2nd Alternative\*(?!\/)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\/)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 5(\*\/)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\/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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

(\/\*<<@\*\/)((?:[^\/]|\/(?!\*))+?)(\/\*)((?:[^*]|\*(?!\/))+?)(\*\/)

New

/*<<@*/ '2018-07-20 00:00:00' /*My Date>>*/
/*<<@*/ 'whatever?' /*My String>>*/
/*<<@*/ 1 /*My Bool>>*/

/*<<@*/whate/er*/a*/*aoe*u*/