Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative(?<! {5})(\".+?\": [^\\[{\n]+(?:,|\n))

Negative Lookbehind(?<! {5})

{5}the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated exactly 5 times

Group 1(\".+?\": [^\\[{\n]+(?:,|\n))

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

: the literal text :

Negated Character Class[^\\[{\n]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

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

1st Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\n

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

2nd Alternative(?<! {5})(".+?": {[\S\s]+?},)

Negative Lookbehind(?<! {5})

{5}the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated exactly 5 times

Group 2(".+?": {[\S\s]+?},)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

": {the literal text ": {

Character Class[\S\s]+?

+?matches at least one character from the set below:

\Sany non-whitespace character

\sany whitespace character

},the literal text },

3rd Alternative(?<! {5})(".+?": \[[\S\s]+?\],)

Negative Lookbehind(?<! {5})

{5}the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated exactly 5 times

Group 3(".+?": \[[\S\s]+?\],)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

": the literal text ":

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Character Class[\S\s]+?

+?matches at least one character from the set below:

\Sany non-whitespace character

\sany whitespace character

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

(?<! {5})(\".+?\": [^\\[{\n]+(?:,|\n))|(?<! {5})(".+?": {[\S\s]+?},)|(?<! {5})(".+?": \[[\S\s]+?\],)

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