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well, I agree with terdon: Lets see the expected output.

Hans Schou
– Hans Schou

2016-07-21 12:20:03 +00:00
Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 12:20
BTW: What should happen to a single line containing: "/*foo*/run;/*bar*/" ? Should that just be "run;" ?

Hans Schou
– Hans Schou

2016-07-21 12:29:08 +00:00
Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 12:29
Great! Then my solution works. Note I use non-greedy: ".+?"

Hans Schou
– Hans Schou

2016-07-21 12:32:55 +00:00
Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 12:32
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See -0777 as a shorter way to do BEGIN{$/=undef}

Stéphane Chazelas
– Stéphane Chazelas

2016-07-21 13:30:05 +00:00
Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 13:30
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Perhaps .*? instead of .+? if /**/ is a valid comment too.

ilkkachu
– ilkkachu

2016-07-21 20:57:27 +00:00
Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 20:57

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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
indent code by 4 spaces
backtick escapes `like _so_`
quote by placing > at start of line
to make links (use https whenever possible)

<https://example.com>

[example](https://example.com)

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