***Need Regex for a pattern

Question

Hello,
I need a pattern for the following use cases: I am using Java
1. var so = nokia.device.load('abc','abc');
2. var so = nokia.device.load("abc","abc");
3. var so = nokia.device.load("abc");
4. var so = nokia.device.load('abc');
// 5. var so = nokia.device.load('abc'); (Line is commentted)+
function init()
if (window.menu) {
// set tab-navigation mode and hide softkeys
widget.setNavigationEnabled(false);
var so = nokia.device.load("abc");(Line is commentted)+
I need a regex pattern which will be give me only the function statments which are listed in bold and NOT italic format function statements as those statements are commented.
Basically, the pattern should give me the statments which are not commented.
Please help me, its urgent.
Thanks,
Mallikarjun.
Edited by: arjun2010 on Apr 26, 2010 9:36 PM

Answer 1

I'll let the fact that the requirement is very dodgy slide for a moment. It seems that a pattern might not be the solution here; why not do something like the following:
SWEEP 1:
- scan through the code one character at a time, looking for comment blocks and comment lines.
- remove all comment blocks from the code (or rather, copy all parts that are not comments to a new buffer)
now you have code cleaned of all comments
SWEEP 2:
- scan for 'noka.device.load' and extract those pieces of code with some clever string comparisons.
Of course I don't know the why behind this requirement, but if I had to implement such a crude requirement I'd do it as simple as possible in stead of as clean as possible.