Regular Expressions 101

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

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\\']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

Negated Character Class[^\\']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative"[^\\"]*(?:\\.[^\\"]*)*"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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 (except for line terminators)

Negated Character Class[^\\"]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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

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

New

'foo bar baz' foo barbar baz "foo bar \"baz foo\" bar baz" foo bar 'foo \'bar bar\' baz' bar 'foo bar baz' foo barbar baz "foo bar \"baz foo\" bar baz" foo bar 'foo \'bar bar\' baz' bar 'foo bar baz' foo barbar baz "foo bar \"baz foo\" bar baz" foo bar 'foo \'bar bar\' baz' bar 'foo bar baz' foo barbar baz "foo bar \"baz foo\" bar baz" foo bar