Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(^\'{3}(?:[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*(?:\'{3}$))

^start of line

\'{3}the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆) , repeated exactly 3 times

Non-Capturing Group(?:[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative[^\\]

Negated Character Class[^\\]

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\\[\s\S]

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Character Class[\s\S]

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

Non-Capturing Group(?:\'{3}$)

\'{3}the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆) , repeated exactly 3 times

$end of line

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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26 tokens

Regular Expression

(^\'{3}(?:[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*(?:\'{3}$))

New

''' 'This "is" my' && "first 'regex' sentence." ''' &&
''' 'This "is" the second.' '''

''' 'This "is" my' && "first 'regex' sentence." ''' &&
''' 'This "is" the second.' '''