Regular Expressions 101

Character Class['\"]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 1(name|anotherkey)

1st Alternativename

namethe literal text name (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativeanotherkey

anotherkeythe literal text anotherkey (case sensitive)

Character Class['\"]

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

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

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

1st Alternative'([^']*)'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 2([^']*)

Negated Character Class[^']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

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

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 3([^\"]*)

Negated Character Class[^\"]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

['\"](name|anotherkey)['\"]\s*=\s*(?:'([^']*)'|\"([^\"]*)\")

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