Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:"([^"}]*)")|(\w+))

1st Alternative(?:"([^"}]*)")

Non-Capturing Group(?:"([^"}]*)")

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 1([^"}]*)

Negated Character Class[^"}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative(\w+)

Group 2(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

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

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

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

Non-Capturing Group(?:(?:"([^"}]*)")|(\w+))

1st Alternative(?:"([^"}]*)")

Non-Capturing Group(?:"([^"}]*)")

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 3([^"}]*)

Negated Character Class[^"}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative(\w+)

Group 4(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

(?:(?:"([^"}]*)")|(\w+))\s*:\s*(?:(?:"([^"}]*)")|(\w+))

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