Regular Expressions 101

Negative Lookbehind(?<!\\)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\\\\)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 1([^'\\]*(?:\\.[^'\\]*)*)

Negated Character Class[^'\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\\.[^'\\]*)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any Unicode character (except for line terminators)

Negated Character Class[^'\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

(?<!\\)(?:\\\\)*'([^'\\]*(?:\\.[^'\\]*)*)'

New

[(u'apple',), (u'banana',)]
[(u'apple',), (u'banana',), (u'abc\'def',)]
\\'abc''def'
\\\'abc   'abc\\\\\'def'
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