Regular Expressions 101

Pro

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

1st Alternative('(?:[^,\s]+\\,[^,\s\"]+|[^,\s\"]+))

Group 1('(?:[^,\s]+\\,[^,\s\"]+|[^,\s\"]+))

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

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

1st Alternative[^,\s]+\\,[^,\s\"]+

Negated Character Class[^,\s]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^,\s\"]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative[^,\s\"]+

Negated Character Class[^,\s\"]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative[\",\s]*

Character Class[\",\s]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

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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27 tokens

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

New

"'ex1:test:123, 'ex2:test:234"
"'ex3:test:3\,45, 'ex4:test:456"

\n$1

"'ex1:test:123, 'ex2:test:234"
"'ex3:test:3\,45, 'ex4:test:456"