Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(\S+)

\S+any non-whitespace character, repeated at least once

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

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

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

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

Group 2(((\S+):\s*"{*([^"{}]*)}*"\s*,?\s*)+)

Group 3((\S+):\s*"{*([^"{}]*)}*"\s*,?\s*)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Group 4(\S+)

\S+any non-whitespace character, repeated at least once

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

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

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

{*the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆) , repeated any number of times

Group 5([^"{}]*)

Negated Character Class[^"{}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

}*the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆) , repeated any number of times

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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

,?optionally matches the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

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

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

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

(\S+):\s*{\s*(((\S+):\s*"{*([^"{}]*)}*"\s*,?\s*)+)}

New

{
    title1: {
        x: "abc",
        y: "def"
    } ,

    title2:{
        x: "{{abc}}",
        y: "{{def}}"
    },
}