Regular Expressions 101

Non-Capturing Group(?:")

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negated Character Class[^"\\]

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\\")*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:")

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

(?:")((?:(?:[^"\\])*(?:\\")*)*)(?:")

New

"here is a test"

"here \"is another test\" done"

"here \" is \" a \" third \" one "