Matching multiline commands using regex(non greedy)

Asked Jul 21 '16 at 10:55

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I need to extract the following data

/** Hi **/
#define 1
/** Hi **/
#define something() \
here \
another one
/** HI 
 * SOmething
**/

I need to extract all the multi-line comments . I have tried this https://regex101.com/r/jD5bR1/1 but it doesnt seem to work

(^\/\*\*(.*?)\*\*\/)

What am I doing wrong? It is matching only the first comment. How do I match all multi line comments?

asked Jul 21 '16 at 10:55

losang

See [update](https://regex101.com/r/jD5bR1/2) – Thomas Ayoub Jul 21 '16 at 10:57
That works. Thanks :-). – losang Jul 21 '16 at 10:58
Use a much better one from http://stackoverflow.com/a/36328890/3832970, you will only need to remove the initial and trailing `/*` and `*/` to get the final result. – Wiktor Stribiżew Jul 21 '16 at 10:58
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[`/\*(.*?)\*/`](https://regex101.com/r/jD5bR1/3) – anubhava Jul 21 '16 at 10:59

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