Regular Expressions 101

Pro

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\\[\s\S][^"\\]*)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Character Class[\s\S]

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

Negated Character Class[^"\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

"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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26 tokens

Regular Expression

"[^"\\]*(?:\\[\s\S][^"\\]*)*"

New

And then, "this is some sample text with quotes and \"escaped quotes\" inside". Not that we need more, but... "here is \"another\" one". Just in case.

Substitution

And then, "this is some sample text with quotes and \"escaped quotes\" inside". Not that we need more, but... "here is \"another\" one". Just in case.