regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

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Non-Capturing Group(?:variable.*\"(\w+)\"(?:.*\s)*?(?:\s*default\s*=\s*(\S*)|}))

variablethe literal text variable (case sensitive)

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

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 1(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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

*?repeats the group contents below any number of times:

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

\sany whitespace character

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s*default\s*=\s*(\S*)|})

1st Alternative\s*default\s*=\s*(\S*)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

defaultthe literal text default (case sensitive)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 2(\S*)

\S*any non-whitespace character, repeated any number of times

2nd Alternative}

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?:variable.*\"(\w+)\"(?:.*\s)*?(?:\s*default\s*=\s*(\S*)|}))

variable "credentials" {
    type = string
}
variable "region" {
    type = string
}
variable "project" {
    type = string
}

variable "user" {
    type = string
}
variable "email" {
    type = string
}
variable "privatekeypath" {
    type = string
    default = "thispath"
}
variable "var1" {
    type = string
    default = "mypath"
}

Extraction

variable "credentials" {
    type = string
}
variable "region" {
    type = string
}
variable "project" {
    type = string
}

variable "user" {
    type = string
}
variable "email" {
    type = string
}
variable "privatekeypath" {
    type = string
    default = "thispath"
}
variable "var1" {
    type = string
    default = "mypath"
}