regex101: Python Match Workspace

^start of line

1st Alternative\"([^\"\n\\]|\\[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]|\\x[0-9a-fA-F])*\"

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 2([^\"\n\\]|\\[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]|\\x[0-9a-fA-F])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^\"\n\\]

Negated Character Class[^\"\n\\]

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\\[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Character Class[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

bthe literal b (98₁₀ / 142₈ / 62₁₆) (case sensitive)

fthe literal f (102₁₀ / 146₈ / 66₁₆) (case sensitive)

nthe literal n (110₁₀ / 156₈ / 6E₁₆) (case sensitive)

rthe literal r (114₁₀ / 162₈ / 72₁₆) (case sensitive)

tthe literal t (116₁₀ / 164₈ / 74₁₆) (case sensitive)

vthe literal v (118₁₀ / 166₈ / 76₁₆) (case sensitive)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

0-7one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 7 (55₁₀)

3rd Alternative\\x[0-9a-fA-F]

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

xthe literal x (120₁₀ / 170₈ / 78₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[0-9a-fA-F]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative'([^'\n\\]|\\[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]|\\x[0-9a-fA-F])*'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 3([^'\n\\]|\\[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]|\\x[0-9a-fA-F])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^'\n\\]

Negated Character Class[^'\n\\]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

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

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\\[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Character Class[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

bthe literal b (98₁₀ / 142₈ / 62₁₆) (case sensitive)

fthe literal f (102₁₀ / 146₈ / 66₁₆) (case sensitive)

nthe literal n (110₁₀ / 156₈ / 6E₁₆) (case sensitive)

rthe literal r (114₁₀ / 162₈ / 72₁₆) (case sensitive)

tthe literal t (116₁₀ / 164₈ / 74₁₆) (case sensitive)

vthe literal v (118₁₀ / 166₈ / 76₁₆) (case sensitive)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

0-7one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 7 (55₁₀)

3rd Alternative\\x[0-9a-fA-F]

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

xthe literal x (120₁₀ / 170₈ / 78₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[0-9a-fA-F]

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

a-fone character from a (97₁₀) to f (102₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Fone character from A (65₁₀) to F (70₁₀) (case sensitive)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

3rd Alternative\"\"\"((?!\"\"\")[^\\]|\\[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]|\\x[0-9a-fA-F])*\"\"\"

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 4((?!\"\"\")[^\\]|\\[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]|\\x[0-9a-fA-F])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative(?!\"\"\")[^\\]

Negative Lookahead(?!\"\"\")

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\\]

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\\[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Character Class[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]

athe literal a (97₁₀ / 141₈ / 61₁₆) (case sensitive)

bthe literal b (98₁₀ / 142₈ / 62₁₆) (case sensitive)

fthe literal f (102₁₀ / 146₈ / 66₁₆) (case sensitive)

nthe literal n (110₁₀ / 156₈ / 6E₁₆) (case sensitive)

rthe literal r (114₁₀ / 162₈ / 72₁₆) (case sensitive)

tthe literal t (116₁₀ / 164₈ / 74₁₆) (case sensitive)

vthe literal v (118₁₀ / 166₈ / 76₁₆) (case sensitive)

?the literal ? (63₁₀ / 77₈ / 3F₁₆)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

0-7one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 7 (55₁₀)

3rd Alternative\\x[0-9a-fA-F]

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

xthe literal x (120₁₀ / 170₈ / 78₁₆) (case sensitive)

Character Class[0-9a-fA-F]

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

$end of line

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

^(\"([^\"\n\\]|\\[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]|\\x[0-9a-fA-F])*\"|'([^'\n\\]|\\[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]|\\x[0-9a-fA-F])*'|\"\"\"((?!\"\"\")[^\\]|\\[abfnrtv?\"'\\0-7]|\\x[0-9a-fA-F])*\"\"\")$

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