Matching CSS comments in Regexp

Question

I got this Regexp:

/(\/\*[\w\'\s\r\n\*]*\*\/)/g

I'd like to match single line comments, and multi lines comments with or without special characters.

So, this get matched:

/* hey ! */

/*
  ho
*/

But this doesn't (and I'd like this to get matched too) :

/* hey ! */

/*
  = ho
*/

/* line 3, ../../../app/assets/stylesheets/v3/reset.scss */

I tried many things, to no avail. Including replacing \w by \W, I'm out of ideas.

Live example: https://www.regex101.com/r/jV0dV1/2

Santhosh · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-06 11:10:59Z

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\/\*[^\*\/]*\*\/

/* followed by any character(s) other than */, followed by */

answered Jan 6, 2015 at 11:10

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Aran-Fey · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-06 11:32:52Z

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Use

/\*(?:(?!\*/).|\n)*\*/

regex101 demo.

Explanation:

/\*  literal /*
(?:
    (?! if the next characters aren't */
        \*/
    )
    .   consume the next character
|
    \n  also consume newlines, which the dot doesn't match
)*  ...as often as possible
\*/  literal */

answered Jan 6, 2015 at 11:32

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