use strict;
my $str = ' String str1 = "SUM 10" /*This is a Comments */ ;
String str2 = "SUM 10"; //This is a Comments"
String str3 = "http://google.com"; /*This is a Comments*/
String str4 = "(\'file:///xghsghsh.html/\')"; //Comments
String str5 = "{\\"temperature\\": {\\"type\\"}}"; //comments
abc /*def
foo*/ bar
"xxx\\"xxx\\\\"
"xxx\\\\\\"xxx\\\\\\\\"';
my $regex = qr@//.*|/\*(?s:.*?)\*/|("(?:(?<!\\)(?:\\\\)*\\"|[^\r\n"])*")@p;
my $subst = '$1';
my $result = $str =~ s@$regex@$subst@rg;
print "The result of the substitution is' $result\n";
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 Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html