Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(\S*)

\S*any non-whitespace character, repeated any number of times

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^)]

Negated Character Class[^)]

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

2nd Alternative//[^\r\n]*\)

//the literal text //

Negated Character Class[^\r\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

3rd Alternative/\*(?:(?!\*/).)*\*/

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negative Lookahead(?!\*/)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

.any character

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

refthe literal text ref (case sensitive)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

SqlConnectionthe literal text SqlConnection (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

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

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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Regular Expression

(\S*)\((?:[^)]|//[^\r\n]*\)|/\*(?:(?!\*/).)*\*/)*ref\s*SqlConnection

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