Regular Expressions 101

Pro

{ the literal text {

Atomic Group(?> "(?>\\.|[^"])*"| [^{}"]+| (?R) )*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative "(?>\\.|[^"])*"

"the literal text "

Atomic Group(?>\\.|[^"])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative\\.

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

2nd Alternative[^"]

Negated Character Class[^"]

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative [^{}"]+

Negated Character Class[^{}"]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

3rd Alternative (?R)

(?R)recurses into the entire pattern

}the literal text }

Global pattern flags

x modifier: extended. Ignores unescaped whitespace and comments outside character classes

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25 tokens

{
    (?>
        "(?>\\.|[^"])*"|
        [^{}"]+|
        (?R)
    )*
}

New

{
    "foo": "bar",
    "foo": false,
    "foo": 123,
    {
        "foo": "bar"
    },
    "foo": "}}}"
}

{
    "foo": "bar",
    "foo": false,
    "foo": 123,
    {
        "foo": "bar"
    },
    "foo": "}}}"
}