Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(')

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 2((?:[^\\']*)(?:\\'[^\\']*)*)

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

Negated Character Class[^\\']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^\\']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 3(')

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

(')((?:[^\\']*)(?:\\'[^\\']*)*)(')

{'hi': 'coxxxxol'}{'lol': 'what\'e"ver'}
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title='Wow 'this' is great'