Regex - how to match subgroups

Question

I've got an expression like this:

/* pierwszy */  using System;/* drugi */

and I want to match all comments in this line.

But this regex:

\/\*(.*)\*\/

is unfortunately not working, because it matches that:

pierwszy */  using System;/* drugi

So, as you can see, it matches the whole expression. Anybody knows how to write a regex to match subgroups, not the whole expression?

Use `\/\*(.*?)\*\/` if you have short one-line only comments. — Wiktor Stribiżew, Mar 18 '18 at 21:52

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '18 at 19:18

1

Try this:

\/\*([\w|\s]*)\*\/

It will match any word or space character between /* and */

answered Mar 18 '18 at 19:18

SCouto

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '18 at 19:23

1

The following regex should do the trick:

\/\*\s*([^\s]+)\s*\*\/

Visit this link for a working demo.

answered Mar 18 '18 at 19:23

Tommaso Belluzzo

2 Answers2