Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative\/\*[^*]*\*+([^\/*][^*]*\*+)*\/(*SKIP)(*F)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^*]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

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

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negated Character Class[^\/*]

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^*]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

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

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*F)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternative^(\w+)\s*=\s*(\w+)

^start of line

Group 2(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

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

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

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

Group 3(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

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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Regular Expression

\/\*[^*]*\*+([^\/*][^*]*\*+)*\/(*SKIP)(*F)|^(\w+)\s*=\s*(\w+)

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