Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative(?<!")"(?!\ )([^"\r]+)"(?!")(*SKIP)(*F)

Negative Lookbehind(?<!")

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\ )

\ the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 1([^"\r]+)

Negated Character Class[^"\r]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!")

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*F)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternative(?<!")"\ ([^"\r]+)"(?!")

Negative Lookbehind(?<!")

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\ the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 2([^"\r]+)

Negated Character Class[^"\r]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!")

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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

Regular Expression

(?<!")"(?!\ )([^"\r]+)"(?!")(*SKIP)(*F)|(?<!")"\ ([^"\r]+)"(?!")

New

The sign said, "Walk." Then it said, "Don't Walk", then, "Walk", all within thirty seconds. He yelled, "Hurry up."

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The sign said, "Walk." Then it said, "Don't Walk", then, "Walk", all within thirty seconds. He yelled, "Hurry up."

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