regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Pro

^start of string

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

Group 1((?:(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])|[^,])*?)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])|[^,])*?

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

1st Alternative(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])

Non-Capturing Group(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])

Character Class['"([{]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^'"()[\]{}]*

Negated Character Class[^'"()[\]{}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

2nd Alternative['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]]

Character Class['"([{]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^'"()[\]{}]*

Negated Character Class[^'"()[\]{}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

2nd Alternative['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]]

Character Class['"([{]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^'"()[\]{}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

Character Class['")}\]]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Character Class['")}\]]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Character Class['")}\]]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

2nd Alternative[^,]

Negated Character Class[^,]

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

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

Non-Capturing Group(?:,\s*((?:(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]+|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])|[^,])*?))?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

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

Group 2((?:(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]+|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])|[^,])*?)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]+|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])|[^,])*?

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

1st Alternative(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]+|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])

Non-Capturing Group(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]+|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])

2nd Alternative[^,]

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

Non-Capturing Group(?:,\s*((?:(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]+|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])|[^,])*?))?

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

$end of string, or before its final line terminator

Global pattern flags

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^\s*((?:(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])|[^,])*?)?\s*(?:,\s*((?:(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]+|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])|[^,])*?))?\s*(?:,\s*((?:(?:['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]*|['"([{](?:[^'"()[\]{}]+|['"([{][^'"()[\]{}]*['")}\]])*['")}\]])*['")}\]])|[^,])*?))?\s*$

New

([[a,'b)([]'],2, 'rr)'], { processOutput: () => { a, 111 } }, { processOutput: () => { a, 222 } })

Extraction

([[a,'b)([]'],2, 'rr)'], { processOutput: () => { a, 111 } }, { processOutput: () => { a, 222 } })