Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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

Negated Character Class[^"\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

Negated Character Class[^"\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

$end of line

Global pattern flags

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

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

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25 tokens

^"([^"\\]*(?:\\.[^"\\]*)*)"$

New

"quoted text"
"valid \" escaped quote"
"balanced \\\" quotes"

Unmatched
"\\\"
"text"with quote"
aa"bbb"

"quoted text"
"valid \" escaped quote"
"balanced \\\" quotes"

Unmatched
"\\\"
"text"with quote"
aa"bbb"