TODO Comment Regex Pattern

Live Regex Tester

Pattern Breakdown

Code Examples

const regex = /\/\/\s*(TODO|FIXME|HACK|XXX|BUG):\s*(.+)$/gm;
const test = "// TODO: Fix this later";
console.log(regex.test(test)); // true

// Extract matches
const matches = test.match(regex);
console.log(matches);

import re

pattern = r'\/\/\s*(TODO|FIXME|HACK|XXX|BUG):\s*(.+)$'
test = "// TODO: Fix this later"
match = re.findall(pattern, test)
print(match)  # Found!

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "regexp"
)

func main() {
    re := regexp.MustCompile(`\/\/\s*(TODO|FIXME|HACK|XXX|BUG):\s*(.+)$`)
    fmt.Println(re.MatchString("// TODO: Fix this later")) // true
}

Common Use Cases

Match Examples

About the TODO Comment Regex

Extracts TODO, FIXME, HACK, XXX, and BUG comments from source code for task tracking.

Regular expressions (regex) are powerful pattern matching tools used across virtually all programming languages. The todo comment pattern is classified as beginner difficulty in the code & programming category. It works in all major programming languages.

When using this regex, always consider edge cases and test thoroughly with real-world data. Use the interactive tester above to validate the pattern against your specific inputs before deploying to production.

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