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    \$\begingroup\$ This works surprisingly well in PHP: regex101.com/r/kB5kA4/1 \$\endgroup\$ Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 14:47
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    \$\begingroup\$ @IsmaelMiguel Yes, I didn't use anything feature specific. The only reason I picked .NET is because Retina allows me to write regex-only programs without any overhead of calling something like preg_replace. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 15:01
  • \$\begingroup\$ I'm aware of that. You've used it quite a lot before. If I'm correct, it was created by you. It was for the curious. And also, you now have a test-suite where you can test whatever changes come into this question (I predict many) \$\endgroup\$ Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 15:10
  • \$\begingroup\$ Nice! This regular expression even works with other programming languages (when slashes are escaped). \$\endgroup\$ Commented Apr 2, 2015 at 11:46
  • \$\begingroup\$ I used your regex technique to improve a third party library I work with: Dojo Toolkit \$\endgroup\$ Commented Aug 9, 2018 at 13:57