Regular Expressions 101

Pro

^start of line

Negated Character Class[^\r\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

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

Positive Lookbehind(?<=\\)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Group 1("|\\)

1st Alternative"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative\\

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\r\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

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

$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

^[^\r\n]*(?<=\\)("|\\)[^\r\n]*$

New

abc d
my \"laser\"
D:\\willi\\badehose
foo\\\"bar

my "laser"
D:\willi\badehose
foo\\"bar

abc d
my \"laser\"
D:\\willi\\badehose
foo\\\"bar

my "laser"
D:\willi\badehose
foo\\"bar