regex101: Python Substitution Workspace

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

^start of line

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"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)

.any Unicode character (except for line terminators)

Negated Character Class[^\"\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

$end of line

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

^start of line

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^'\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any Unicode character (except for line terminators)

Negated Character Class[^'\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

$end of line

3rd Alternative^\s*["'][^"'\\]*

^start of line

\s*a Unicode whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Character Class["']

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"'\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

4th Alternative["']\s*$

Character Class["']

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\s*a Unicode whitespace character, repeated any number of times

$end of line

5th Alternative\\.

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any Unicode character (except for line terminators)

6th Alternative(["'])[^"'\\\n]*

Group 1(["'])

Character Class["']

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"'\\\n]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

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

Search reference

Regular Expression

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

New

"Some Text"
"Some more Text"
"Even more text about \"this text\""
"Ol' 8 o'clock"
'8 o'clock'
 '8 o'clock'
'Ol' 8 o'clock'
""B"
"\"B"
"\\"B"
"\\\"B"
"\\\\"B"

Substitution

\\$1