Regular Expressions 101

Pro

"name"the literal text "name" (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?!"name")(.|\n))+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Negative Lookahead(?!"name")

"name"the literal text "name" (case sensitive)

Group 1(.|\n)

1st Alternative.

.any character (except for line terminators)

2nd Alternative\n

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

]*the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆) , repeated any number of times

"name"the literal text "name" (case sensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?!"name")(.|\n))+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Negative Lookahead(?!"name")

"name"the literal text "name" (case sensitive)

Group 2(.|\n)

1st Alternative.

.any character (except for line terminators)

2nd Alternative\n

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

]*the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆) , repeated any number of times

"name":the literal text "name": (case sensitive)

Character Class[ ]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 3([^"]*)

Negated Character Class[^"]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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26 tokens

"name"(?:(?!"name")(.|\n))+]*"name"(?:(?!"name")(.|\n))+]*"name":[ ]*"([^"]*)

New

{
    "friends": [
        { "name": "anny"},              { "name": "steve"},
        { "name":"joe" }
    ]
}

{
    "friends": [
        { "name": "anny"},              { "name": "steve"},
        { "name":"joe" }
    ]
}