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I thought java regexes had comments? https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/regex/Pattern.html#COMMENTS https://docs.oracle.com

• justin_oaks 6y ago
  Huh, I didn't know that. I've read through a fair amount of Java code with regexes and never seen anyone use comments. Maybe it's because Java doesn't have proper multi-line string support built into the language. If you don't have multi-line support in the language then you're more likely to put the comments outside the string: String regex= "^" +"(?:http)(?:s)?" // http or https +"(?:\:\/\/)" // :// +"(?:www\.)?" // optional www. +"(?:[^\ ]*)" // rest of URL (no spaces) +"$";
  • throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
    ... which has to be a better way of doing it (comments + regexps in digestible chunks) than having a rather wordy library.