Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative(?:\/\*\*.*?\*\/\s*function)

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

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

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

functionthe literal text function (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative\/\*\*.*?\*\/\s*

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

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

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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25 tokens

(?:\/\*\*.*?\*\/\s*function)|\/\*\*.*?\*\/\s*

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