regex101: Python Match Workspace

Pro

1st Alternative{(["'])[^{}]*\1}

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Group 1(["'])

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 { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

\1the text saved by group 1

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

2nd Alternative\[(["'])[^][]*\2]

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Group 2(["'])

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 ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\2the text saved by group 2

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

3rd Alternative$(["'])[^()]*\3$

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 3(["'])

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 ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

\3the text saved by group 3

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

4th Alternative((?<={)[^{}]*(?=})|(?<=$)[^()]*(?=$)|(?<=\[)[^][]*(?=]))

Group 4((?<={)[^{}]*(?=})|(?<=$)[^()]*(?=$)|(?<=\[)[^][]*(?=]))

1st Alternative(?<={)[^{}]*(?=})

Positive Lookbehind(?<={)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^{}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=})

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?<=$)[^()]*(?=$)

Positive Lookbehind(?<=\()

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^()]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=\))

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

3rd Alternative(?<=\[)[^][]*(?=])

Positive Lookbehind(?<=\[)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^][]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=])

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

{(["'])[^{}]*\1}|\[(["'])[^][]*\2]|\((["'])[^()]*\3\)|((?<={)[^{}]*(?=})|(?<=\()[^()]*(?=\))|(?<=\[)[^][]*(?=]))

New

{abc} [abc] (abc) ['abc'] ["abc"]
{"abc"} ('abc')("abc")
{abc]("abc"}{'abc"}