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Asked: 2026-05-28T07:12:27+00:00

I have a string containing something like this … /\*start anythingCanBeEnteredHere end\*/ … I

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I have a string containing something like this

"... /\*start  anythingCanBeEnteredHere   end\*/  ..."

I need a regex that gets only the anythingCanBeEnteredHere part, which can be a collection of any number of symbols.

The problem is that I can’t find any shortcut/flag that will choose any symbol

So far I use this regex

var regex = /start([^\~]*)end/; 
var templateCode = myString.match(regex);

[^\~] chooses any symbol except "~" (which is a hack) and works fine, but I really need all symbols.

I’ve also tried this [^] but it doesn’t work right.

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  1. Editorial Team
     /start(.*)end/

    will match FOO in startFOOend and BARendBAZ in startBARendBAZend. 

     /start(.*?)end/

    will match FOO in startFOOend and BAR in startBARendBAZend.

    The dot matches anything except a newline symbol (\n). If you want to capture newlines as well, replace dot with [\s\S]. Also, if you don’t allow the match to be empty (as in startend), use + instead of *.

    See http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html for more info.

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