Regular Expressions 101

Non-Capturing Group(?:'|")

1st Alternative'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Non-Capturing Group(?:'|")

1st Alternative'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

(?:'|").*(?:'|")

New

The sentence is 'He said "Hello there"'
The sentence is "He said 'Hello there'"