Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative(?:\/\*(?:[^\*]|\**[^\*\/])*\*+\/)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\/\*(?:[^\*]|\**[^\*\/])*\*+\/)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^\*]|\**[^\*\/])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^\*]

Negated Character Class[^\*]

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

2nd Alternative\**[^\*\/]

\**the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆) , repeated any number of times

Negated Character Class[^\*\/]

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

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

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?:\/\/[\S ]*)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\/\/[\S ]*)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Character Class[\S ]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\Sany non-whitespace character

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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26 tokens

Regular Expression

(?:\/\*(?:[^\*]|\**[^\*\/])*\*+\/)|(?:\/\/[\S ]*)

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