Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative"([^"]*)"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 1([^"]*)

Negated Character Class[^"]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?:\(|,)\s*([^"),]*)(?=,|\))

Non-Capturing Group(?:\(|,)

1st Alternative\(

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

2nd Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 2([^"),]*)

Negated Character Class[^"),]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=,|\))

1st Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Global pattern flags

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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Regular Expression

"([^"]*)"|(?:\(|,)\s*([^"),]*)(?=,|\))

_("foo")
_n("bar", "baz", 42)
_n(domain, "bux", var)
_( "one (optional)" )
_( "No apples" )
_n("%1 apple", "%1 apples", apples)