Regular Expressions 101

Group 1([+-]?(?:'.+?'|".+?"|[^+\- ]{1}[^ ]*))

Character Class[+-]?

?matches at most one character from the set below:

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:'.+?'|".+?"|[^+\- ]{1}[^ ]*)

1st Alternative'.+?'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative".+?"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

3rd Alternative[^+\- ]{1}[^ ]*

Negated Character Class[^+\- ]{1}

{1}matches one character outside the set below:

+the literal + (43₁₀ / 53₈ / 2B₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^ ]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

([+-]?(?:'.+?'|".+?"|[^+\- ]{1}[^ ]*))

something else    +good -bad 'other stuff' ++'good stuff' -"bad stuff" ---"dall'orto" a v   ac