Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Branch Reset Group(?|"([^\\"]*(?:\\.[^"\\]*)*)"|([^\s"]+))

1st Alternative"([^\\"]*(?:\\.[^"\\]*)*)"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 1([^\\"]*(?:\\.[^"\\]*)*)

Negated Character Class[^\\"]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any 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)

2nd Alternative([^\s"]+)

Group 1([^\s"]+)

Negated Character Class[^\s"]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

\sany whitespace character

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

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25 tokens

(?|"([^\\"]*(?:\\.[^"\\]*)*)"|([^\s"]+))

New

"foo bar"ANDbar"foo"AND"foofoo" lorem "impsum"

"foo bar"ANDbar"foo"AND"foofoo" lorem "impsum"