Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

\Gstart of current search

Negated Character Class[^" \n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?<!\\)"[^\n"]*(?<!\\)"[^" \n]*)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negative Lookbehind(?<!\\)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\n"]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negative Lookbehind(?<!\\)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^" \n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

\Kresets the starting point of the reported match. Any previously consumed characters are no longer included in the final match

+the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated at least once

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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

\G[^" \n]*(?:(?<!\\)"[^\n"]*(?<!\\)"[^" \n]*)*\K +

New

key1=value1 key1=value1 spaces="some spaces in text" nested1="key2=value2 key2=value2 key2=value2"  nested2="key2=value2, key2=value2, key2=value2" quoted="his name is \"no body\""