Regular Expressions 101

Group arg(?<arg>(?<key>\w+)+=(?<quote>)(?<value>(?:[^\k<quote>]|(?<=\\)\k<quote>)+\k<quote>))

Group key(?<key>\w+)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

Group quote(?<quote>) — does not consume characters

Group value(?<value>(?:[^\k<quote>]|(?<=\\)\k<quote>)+\k<quote>)

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^\k<quote>]|(?<=\\)\k<quote>)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

1st Alternative[^\k<quote>]

Negated Character Class[^\k<quote>]

\kthe literal k (107₁₀ / 153₈ / 6B₁₆) (case sensitive)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

qthe literal q (113₁₀ / 161₈ / 71₁₆) (case sensitive)

uthe literal u (117₁₀ / 165₈ / 75₁₆) (case sensitive)

othe literal o (111₁₀ / 157₈ / 6F₁₆) (case sensitive)

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

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?<=\\)\k<quote>

Positive Lookbehind(?<=\\)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

\k<quote>the text saved by group quote

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

(?<arg>(?<key>\w+)+=(?<quote>)(?<value>(?:[^\k<quote>]|(?<=\\)\k<quote>)+\k<quote>))

New

arg="value" arg='value' arg=`value` arg="value 'value'" arg='value \'value\' value' arg="value \"value\" value" arg=`value \`value\ value`