Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

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

1st Alternative"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative\\.

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

2nd Alternative[^"\\]

Negated Character Class[^"\\]

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative'(?:\\.|[^'\\])*'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative\\.

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

2nd Alternative[^'\\]

Negated Character Class[^'\\]

'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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26 tokens

("(?:\\.|[^"\\])*"|'(?:\\.|[^'\\])*')

New

/*
this is comment block and should not be processed
var charName = "johnson";
*/
var charName = "Alex";

Subbed

/*
this is comment block and should not be processed
var charName = "johnson";
*/
var charName = "Alex";