Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative"[^"]+"(*SKIP)(*FAIL)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*FAIL)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternative[-\[\][{}().,;+*/&|<>=~]

Character Class[-\[\][{}().,;+*/&|<>=~]

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

&the literal & (38₁₀ / 46₈ / 26₁₆)

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

~the literal ~ (126₁₀ / 176₈ / 7E₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

"[^"]+"(*SKIP)(*FAIL)|[-\[\][{}().,;+*/&|<>=~]

New

x += "hello + world"

x += "hello + world"