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Valid JavaScript Comments

JavaScriptHardstringsregexvalidation

Instructions

In JavaScript, there are two types of comments:

  1. Single-line comments start with //
  2. Multi-line or inline comments start with /* and end with */

The input will be a sequence of //, /* and */. Every /* must have a */ that immediately follows it. To add, there can be no single-line comments in between multi-line comments in between the /* and */.

Create a function that returns true if comments are properly formatted, and false otherwise.

Examples

commentsCorrect("//////") ➞ true
// 3 single-line comments: ["//", "//", "//"]

commentsCorrect("/**//**////**/") ➞ true
// 3 multi-line comments + 1 single-line comment:
// ["/*", "*/", "/*", "*/", "//", "/*", "*/"]

commentsCorrect("///*/**/") ➞ false
// The first /* is missing a */

commentsCorrect("/////") ➞ false
// The 5th / is single, not a double //

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