Regular Expressions 101

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

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*F)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternative"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

'[^']*'(*SKIP)(*F)|"

"foo"
 => 'foo'
'foo'
 => 'foo'
abc "foo"
 => abc 'foo'
foo "bar", "baz"
 => foo 'bar', 'baz'
abc 'foo "bar" baz'
 => abc 'foo "bar" baz'