regex101: Python Match Workspace

Pro

Positive Lookahead(?=(?:(?<!\w)'(\w.*?)'(?!\w)|\"(\w.*?)\"(?!\w)))

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?<!\w)'(\w.*?)'(?!\w)|\"(\w.*?)\"(?!\w))

1st Alternative(?<!\w)'(\w.*?)'(?!\w)

Negative Lookbehind(?<!\w)

\wa Unicode word character

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 1(\w.*?)

\wa Unicode word character

.*?any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\w)

\wa Unicode word character

2nd Alternative\"(\w.*?)\"(?!\w)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 2(\w.*?)

\wa Unicode word character

.*?any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\w)

\wa Unicode word character

Global pattern flags

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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

(?=(?:(?<!\w)'(\w.*?)'(?!\w)|\"(\w.*?)\"(?!\w)))

New

'Well, I've tried to say "How Doth the Little Busy Bee," but it all came different!' Alice replied in a very melancholy voice. She continued, 'I'll try again.'

"Well, I've tried to say 'How Doth the Little Busy Bee,' but it all came different!" Alice replied in a very melancholy voice. She continued, "I'll try again."

Extraction

'Well, I've tried to say "How Doth the Little Busy Bee," but it all came different!' Alice replied in a very melancholy voice. She continued, 'I'll try again.'

"Well, I've tried to say 'How Doth the Little Busy Bee,' but it all came different!" Alice replied in a very melancholy voice. She continued, "I'll try again."