Regular Expressions 101

(?ms)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gms

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:/.*?$|\*.*?\*/)

1st Alternative/.*?$

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

$end of line

2nd Alternative\*.*?\*/

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

\*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

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Regular Expression

(?ms)/(?:/.*?$|\*.*?\*/)

New

// Systme.out.println (obj1.getMessage());  //line1
/* Systme.out.println (obj.getMessage());*/ //line2    
/* public void test() {                     //line3 
   Systme.out.println (obj2.getMessage());  //line4
   }                                        //line5
*/ 
public void test() {                       
      Systme.out.println (obj5.getMessage()); //line 6
 }

Regular Expression

Substitution