I need to remove all comments from a stript. Comments always start from '//'. My RegEx /\/\/.*/g does it but it removes substring if it inside quotes and I want avoid that behavior. Is there an ability to use RegEx for removing comments which are located only outside of quotes?
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Michel_T.
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So you are saying that it should **not** remove something like `"foo //bar"`? – Kaspar Lee Oct 18 '16 at 14:26
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I remember this homework from school. :) – Luis Lavieri Oct 18 '16 at 14:26
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Yes, if there is something like: str="foo//bar//string" it shouldn't remove it, only if slashes are either before or after string. – Michel_T. Oct 18 '16 at 14:30
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[This question may help.](http://stackoverflow.com/q/4568410) – Kaspar Lee Oct 18 '16 at 14:31
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Nope, unfortunately, it didn't help. – Michel_T. Oct 18 '16 at 15:28
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You can use negative lookahead (but I don't think this will match //foo "string")
(?!.*")\/\/.*
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