regex101: JavaScript Match Workspace

Pro

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 1(((?<!\\)(\\\\)*\\"|[^"])*)

Group 2((?<!\\)(\\\\)*\\"|[^"])*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

1st Alternative(?<!\\)(\\\\)*\\"

Negative Lookbehind(?<!\\)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Group 3(\\\\)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative[^"]

Negated Character Class[^"]

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

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

26 tokens

Regular Expression

"(((?<!\\)(\\\\)*\\"|[^"])*)"

New

"Woah. Look. A	tab."
"This \\\\\\\\\\\\\" is all one string"
"This \"\"\"\" is\" also\"\\ \' one\"\\\" string."
"These \\""are separate strings"
"The cat said,\"Yo.\""
"
\"Shouldn't it work on multiple lines?\" he asked rhetorically.
\"Of course it should.\"
"
"If you don't have exactly 8 matches, then you've failed."

Extraction

"Woah. Look. A	tab."
"This \\\\\\\\\\\\\" is all one string"
"This \"\"\"\" is\" also\"\\ \' one\"\\\" string."
"These \\""are separate strings"
"The cat said,\"Yo.\""
"
\"Shouldn't it work on multiple lines?\" he asked rhetorically.
\"Of course it should.\"
"
"If you don't have exactly 8 matches, then you've failed."