Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?![^\(]*\))

Negated Character Class[^\(]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?![^"']*["'](?:[^"']*["'][^"']*["'])*[^"']*$)

Negated Character Class[^"']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Character Class["']

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negated Character Class[^"']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Character Class["']

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Character Class["']

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"']*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

$end of string, or before its final line terminator

Global pattern flags

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

Match Information

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Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

,(?![^\(]*\))(?![^"']*["'](?:[^"']*["'][^"']*["'])*[^"']*$)

New

5,(5,5),C'A,B','A,B',',B','A,',"A,B",C"A,B"