Regular Expressions 101

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*{2}the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆) , repeated exactly 2 times

Group 1((?:(?!\*/).)*)

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 (except for line terminators)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

\d+a digit, repeated at least once

Global pattern flags

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

/\*{2}((?:(?!\*/).)*)\*/\w+\d+

New

/**word2 * super cool*/abc123