Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Non-Capturing Group(?:\"|\')

1st Alternative\"

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative\'

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group key(?<key>[\w\d]+)

Character Class[\w\d]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

\wany word character

\da digit

Non-Capturing Group(?:\"|\')

1st Alternative\"

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative\'

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\:\s*)

\:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

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

Non-Capturing Group(?:\"|\')

1st Alternative\"

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative\'

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group value(?<value>[\w\[\]]*)

Character Class[\w\[\]]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\wany word character

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\"|\')

1st Alternative\"

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative\'

\'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?:\"|\')(?<key>[\w\d]+)(?:\"|\')(?:\:\s*)(?:\"|\')(?<value>[\w\[\]]*)(?:\"|\')

New

{"employees":[
    {"firstName":"John", "lastName":"Doe"}, 
    {"firstName":"Anna", "lastName":"Smith"},
    {"firstName":"Peter", "lastName":"Jones"}
]}