Python Comment Regular Expression

A regular expression to match Python single line comment that starts with a #.

/#.*/g

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Matches:

• # This is a comment
• ## This is a comment

Non-matches:

• // This is a comment
• /* This is a comment */

Python Multiline Comment Regular Expression:

If you’re looking for a regex that matches a multiline comment, use this instead:

/"""[\s\S]*?"""/

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Matches:

• “”” “””

See Also:

• HTML Comment Regular Expression
• CSS Comment Regular Expression
• JavaScript/PHP/Java/Kotlin/Go/C/Swift/C# Comment Regular Expression