regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Explanation

Pro

1st Alternative"[^"]*"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative'[^']*'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

3rd Alternative\b([a-zA-Z_\d]*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_\d]*)\b

\ban ASCII word boundary

Group 1([a-zA-Z_\d]*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_\d]*)

Character Class[a-zA-Z_\d]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

\da digit

Character Class[a-zA-Z_]

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

Character Class[a-zA-Z_\d]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

\da digit

\ban ASCII word boundary

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

Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|\b([a-zA-Z_\d]*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_\d]*)\b

New

example_ _where // matches: example_, _where
this would "not be matched" // matches: this and would
while this would // matches: while this would
while 'this' would // matches: while and would
this is number 0 // matches: this, is and number
numb3r f1ve // matches: numb3r and f1ve
example_ _where // matches: example_ and _where
this would "not be 9 matched" // matches: this and would
while 'this' would // matches: while and would