Head Hurtin Example: Decommenter
<<<< ^^^^^ >>>>

String to be decommented:

fixMyString(4, "hot tamales"); // fix "hot tamales"

Attack from the back

:s/\s*\/\/[^"]*\("[^"]*"[^"]*\)*$//

Attack from front: // after even # of quotes

:s/^\(\([^"]*\)\("[^"]*"[^"]*\)*\)\/\/.*/\1/
 
<<<< ^^^^^ >>>>

 
 
 
 
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