Re^2: capture optional text

I like the idea of the zero or more match, (.*), inside the capture to make it match even if the comment isn't there. Thanks.

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Re^3: capture optional text by KurtZ (Friar) on May 18, 2017 at 16:23 UTC
It will also match "malformed" comments without a leading #.	[reply]
Re^4: capture optional text by tybalt89 (Monsignor) on May 18, 2017 at 16:33 UTC
I read it that the #'s are optional, so it's not really "malformed", although no test case for this was provided :)	[reply]


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