regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 1([^'}{\\]*(?:\\')?[^'}{\\]*)

Negated Character Class[^'}{\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\\')?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^'}{\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=(?:[^'}{\\]*(?:'[^'}{\\]*(?:\\')?[^'}{\\]*'?)?[^'}{\\]*)\})

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^'}{\\]*(?:'[^'}{\\]*(?:\\')?[^'}{\\]*'?)?[^'}{\\]*)

Negated Character Class[^'}{\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:'[^'}{\\]*(?:\\')?[^'}{\\]*'?)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^'}{\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\\')?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^'}{\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'?optionally matches the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^'}{\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

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

Search reference

Regular Expression

'([^'}{\\]*(?:\\')?[^'}{\\]*)'(?=(?:[^'}{\\]*(?:'[^'}{\\]*(?:\\')?[^'}{\\]*'?)?[^'}{\\]*)\})

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'dont want' don\'t want {dont want 'want this', 'want this, je m\'appelle Robert', dont want} don\'t want 'dont want' {'want this'}
'dont want' and 'don\'t want'
{'want this' and 'want this, je m\'appelle Robert'}

Regular Expressions 101

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