Regular Expressions 101

Group q(?<q>'|"|`)

1st Alternative'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

3rd Alternative`

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Group 2(\k<q>)

\k<q>the text saved by group q

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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?<q>'|"|`)\w+(\k<q>)

New

"testt"
'testt'
"testt'
'testt"
`testt`
`testt'
"testt`

"testt"
'testt'
"testt'
'testt"
`testt`
`testt'
"testt`