Regular Expressions 101

Positive Lookbehind(?<=[\[,])

Character Class[\[,]

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

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

Group 1(['\"])

Character Class['\"]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(\1)|.)*?

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

1st Alternative(\1)

Group 2(\1)

\1the text saved by group 1

2nd Alternative.

.any Unicode character (except for line terminators)

\1the text saved by group 1

Positive Lookahead(?=\s*[,\]])

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

Character Class[,\]]

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

(?<=[\[,])\s*(['\"])(?:(\1)|.)*?\1(?=\s*[,\]])

New

[ "A", ""B"",'C' , " D"]
[ "A", "'B'",'C' , " D"]
[ "A", ''B'','C' , " D"]
[ "A", '"B"','C' , " D"]
[ "A", '8 o'clock','C' , " D"]
[ "A", "Ol' 8 o'clock",'C' , " D"]

["Some Text"]
["Some more Text"]
["Even more text about \"this text\""]
["Ol' 8 o'clock"]
['8 o'clock']
[ '8 o'clock']
['Ol' 8 o'clock']
[""B"]
["\"B"]
["\\"B"]
["\\\"B"]
["\\\\"B"]

Regular Expression

Substitution