Regular Expressions 101

Explanation
Pro

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\([^()]*\))

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^()]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^()]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

'[^']*(?:'(?!\([^()]*\))[^']*)*'\([^()]*\)

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Well then 'Bang' 'bang' swing'(BBS) aota 'Bing Bong Bin'(BBB)