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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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#include <StringConstants.au3> ; to declare the Constants of StringRegExp #include <Array.au3> ; UDF needed for _ArrayDisplay and _ArrayConcatenate Local $sRegex = "(?mis)<script*[^>]*>(.+?)<\/script[^>]*>|<!--*(.+?)-->|<style*[^>]*>(.+?)<\/style[^>]*>|<javascript*[^>]*>(.*?)<\/javascript[^>]*>|<(?:"[^"]*"['"]*|'[^']*'['"]*|[^'">])+>" Local $sString = "<!DOCTYPE html>" & @CRLF & _ "<html itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/QAPage">" & @CRLF & _ "<head>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<title>java - Regex to match single quotes being quoted by double-quotes - Stack Overflow</title>" & @CRLF & _ " <link rel="shortcut icon" href="//cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/img/favicon.ico?v=4f32ecc8f43d">" & @CRLF & _ " <link rel="apple-touch-icon image_src" href="//cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/img/apple-touch-icon.png?v=c78bd457575a">" & @CRLF & _ " <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Stack Overflow" href="/opensearch.xml">" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary">" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:domain" content="stackoverflow.com"/>" & @CRLF & _ " <meta property="og:type" content="website" /> " & @CRLF & _ " <meta property="og:image" itemprop="image primaryImageOfPage" content="http://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/img/apple-touch-icon@2.png?v=73d79a89bded&a" />" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:title" property="og:title" itemprop="title name" content="Regex to match single quotes being quoted by double-quotes" />" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:description" property="og:description" itemprop="description" content="Here is a Regex I have been trying to make work:" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "(?:&quot;[^&quot;]*&quot;[^&quot;]*)*?\&quot;{1}([^&quot;]*?([&#39;]{1,})[^&quot;]*?)\&quot;" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "It is probably not the most clean nor the most effective way to achieve what I want to do, but I&#39;m " />" & @CRLF & _ " <meta property="og:url" content="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36183788/regex-to-match-single-quotes-being-quoted-by-double-quotes"/>" & @CRLF & _ " <link rel="canonical" href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36183788/regex-to-match-single-quotes-being-quoted-by-double-quotes" />" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <javascript src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js" />abc" & @CRLF & _ "<javascript src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></javascript>" & @CRLF & _ " <javascript src="//cdn.sstatic.net/Js/stub.en.js?v=c1341d3ea930"></javascript> " & @CRLF & _ " <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js" />abc" & @CRLF & _ "<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>" & @CRLF & _ " <script src="//cdn.sstatic.net/Js/stub.en.js?v=c1341d3ea930"></script>" & @CRLF & _ " <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/all.css?v=3f4c51969762">" & @CRLF & _ "text goes here" & @CRLF & _ " <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Feed for question &#39;Regex to match single quotes being quoted by double-quotes&#39;" href="/feeds/question/36183788">" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:app:country" content="US" />" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:app:name:iphone" content="Stack Exchange iOS" />" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:app:id:iphone" content="871299723" />" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:app:url:iphone" content="se-zaphod://stackoverflow.com/questions/36183788/regex-to-match-single-quotes-being-quoted-by-double-quotes" />" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:app:name:ipad" content="Stack Exchange iOS" />" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:app:id:ipad" content="871299723" />" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:app:url:ipad" content="se-zaphod://stackoverflow.com/questions/36183788/regex-to-match-single-quotes-being-quoted-by-double-quotes" />" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:app:name:googleplay" content="Stack Exchange Android">" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:app:url:googleplay" content="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36183788/regex-to-match-single-quotes-being-quoted-by-double-quotes">" & @CRLF & _ " <meta name="twitter:app:id:googleplay" content="com.stackexchange.marvin">" & @CRLF & _ " <script>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.ready(function () {" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.using("snippets", function () {" & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.snippets.initSnippetRenderer();" & @CRLF & _ " });" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.using("postValidation", function () {" & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.postValidation.initOnBlurAndSubmit($('#post-form'), 2, 'answer');" & @CRLF & _ " });" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.question.init({showAnswerHelp:true,totalCommentCount:5,shownCommentCount:5,highlightColor:'#F4A83D',backgroundColor:'#FFF',questionId:36183788});" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " styleCode();" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.realtime.subscribeToQuestion('1', '36183788');" & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.using("gps", function () { StackExchange.gps.trackOutboundClicks('#content', '.post-text'); });" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " });" & @CRLF & _ " </script>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <script>" & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.init({"locale":"en","stackAuthUrl":"https://stackauth.com","networkMetaHostname":"meta.stackexchange.com","serverTime":1462811219,"routeName":"Questions/Show","styleCode":true,"enableUserHovercards":true,"snippets":{"enabled":true,"domain":"stacksnippets.net"},"site":{"name":"Stack Overflow","description":"Q&A for professional and enthusiast programmers","isNoticesTabEnabled":true,"recaptchaPublicKey":"6LdchgIAAAAAAJwGpIzRQSOFaO0pU6s44Xt8aTwc","recaptchaAudioLang":"en","enableNewTagCreationWarning":true,"insertSpaceAfterNameTabCompletion":false,"id":1,"enableSocialMediaInSharePopup":true},"user":{"fkey":"854f77cbe5f2c1ef88213c404c702005","rep":0,"isAnonymous":true,"isAnonymousNetworkWide":true}});" & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.using.setCacheBreakers({"js/prettify-full.en.js":"d27a06f9e057","js/moderator.en.js":"c7f3a2fe6f43","js/full-anon.en.js":"fcc366214c65","js/full.en.js":"22860c74fefe","js/wmd.en.js":"4b1b73828836","js/third-party/jquery.autocomplete.min.js":"e5f01e97f7c3","js/third-party/jquery.autocomplete.min.en.js":"","js/mobile.en.js":"3199d1e28733","js/help.en.js":"c8004cc0095d","js/tageditor.en.js":"bd4fb7a0a976","js/tageditornew.en.js":"93c9f772766c","js/inline-tag-editing.en.js":"4fa1a4a3339e","js/revisions.en.js":"47de10a8358f","js/review.en.js":"52b85f4f645b","js/tagsuggestions.en.js":"d1ff9b84abe5","js/post-validation.en.js":"769557d5981d","js/explore-qlist.en.js":"e71f14781288","js/events.en.js":"e27da81910e7","js/keyboard-shortcuts.en.js":"625602e443f6","js/external-editor.en.js":"d55cf33307e5","js/external-editor.en.js":"d55cf33307e5","js/snippet-javascript.en.js":"857907519d98","js/snippet-javascript-codemirror.en.js":"17f3b3b6b34d"});" & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.using("gps", function() {" & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.gps.init(true);" & @CRLF & _ " });" & @CRLF & _ " </script>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <script>" & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.ready(function () {" & @CRLF & _ " $('#nav-tour').click(function () {" & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.using("gps", function() {" & @CRLF & _ " StackExchange.gps.track("aboutpage.click", { aboutclick_location: "headermain" }, true);" & @CRLF & _ " });" & @CRLF & _ " });" & @CRLF & _ " });" & @CRLF & _ " </script>" & @CRLF & _ "</head>" & @CRLF & _ "<body class="question-page new-topbar">" & @CRLF & _ " <noscript><div id="noscript-padding"></div></noscript>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <script>(function () { var old = $.fn.contents; $.fn.contents = function () { try { return old.apply(this, arguments); } catch (e) { return $([]); } } })()</script>" & @CRLF & _ " <iframe id="adzerk-user-match" width="0" height="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" onload="window.AUMIframeDone=true"" & @CRLF & _ " src="https://ssum-sec.casalemedia.com/usermatch?s=183712&amp;cb=https%3A%2F%2Fengine.adzerk.net%2Fudb%2F22%2Fsync%2Fi.gif%3FpartnerId%3D1%26userId%3D"" & @CRLF & _ " style="display: none;" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"></iframe>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <div id="notify-container"></div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div id="overlay-header"></div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div id="custom-header"></div>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "For example, /a+/ matches the 'a' in "candy" <script stuff here />more stuff</script>and all the a's in "caaaaaaandy", but nothing in "cndy". Matches the preceding expression 0 or 1 time. Equivalent to {0,1}.<script />" & @CRLF & _ "<script>this is stuff</script><script src="'abc'http://wwwtest.com">code would go here </font>" & @CRLF & _ " </script>For example, /e?le?/ matches the 'el' in "angel" and the 'le' in "angle" and also the 'l' in "oslo". For example, /Jack(?=Sprat)/ matches 'Jack' only if it is followed by 'Sprat'. /Jack(?=Sprat|Frost)/ matches 'Jack' only if it is followed by 'Sprat' or 'Frost'. JackSprat Jack Sprat However, <script></script>neither 'Sprat' nor 'Frost' is part of the match results." & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "Here are a few examples:" & @CRLF & _ "" This is a random sentence ' with a quote, the quote should match"" & @CRLF & _ "" There is no quote here thats the problem" Anything here should not match but now it does: ' ." & @CRLF & _ "Some text " some more text " this is a quote : ' that should match" & @CRLF & _ "" When there is a quote (') here, the other one does not work : " ' and that's perfect " even if you remove the first one this : " (') " will make it work because of the greedy ( I think ) but ifyou remove those between parenthesis, the other one is matching as of now, which I do not want to happen." & @CRLF & _ "Another example would be this one : The following should not work, but it does "This is being quoted" not this: (') " and this is also being quoted "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<div class="topbar">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="topbar-wrapper">" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="js-topbar-dialog-corral">" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<div class="topbar-dialog siteSwitcher-dialog dno">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="header">" & @CRLF & _ " <h3><a href="//stackoverflow.com">current community</a></h3>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="modal-content current-site-container">" & @CRLF & _ " <ul class="current-site">" & @CRLF & _ " <li>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="related-links">" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="http://chat.stackoverflow.com" class="js-gps-track" data-gps-track="site_switcher.click({ item_type:6 })"" & @CRLF & _ ">chat</a>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="//stackoverflow.com"" & @CRLF & _ " class="current-site-link site-link js-gps-track"" & @CRLF & _ " data-id="1"" & @CRLF & _ " data-gps-track="" & @CRLF & _ " site_switcher.click({ item_type:3 })">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="site-icon favicon favicon-stackoverflow" title="Stack Overflow"></div>" & @CRLF & _ " Stack Overflow" & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " </li>" & @CRLF & _ " <li class="related-site">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="L-shaped-icon-container">" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="L-shaped-icon"></span>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="http://meta.stackoverflow.com"" & @CRLF & _ " class="site-link js-gps-track"" & @CRLF & _ " data-id="552"" & @CRLF & _ " data-gps-track="" & @CRLF & _ " site.switch({ target_site:552, item_type:3 })," & @CRLF & _ " site_switcher.click({ item_type:4 })">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="site-icon favicon favicon-stackoverflowmeta" title="Meta Stack Overflow"></div>" & @CRLF & _ " Meta Stack Overflow" & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " </li>" & @CRLF & _ " <li class="related-site">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="L-shaped-icon-container">" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="L-shaped-icon"></span>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <a class="site-link js-gps-track"" & @CRLF & _ " href="//careers.stackoverflow.com?utm_source=stackoverflow.com&amp;utm_medium=site-ui&amp;utm_campaign=multicollider"" & @CRLF & _ " data-gps-track="site_switcher.click({ item_type:9 })"" & @CRLF & _ ">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="site-icon favicon favicon-careers" title="Stack Overflow Careers"></div>" & @CRLF & _ " Stack Overflow Careers" & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ " </li>" & @CRLF & _ " </ul>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="header" id="your-communities-header">" & @CRLF & _ " <h3>" & @CRLF & _ "your communities </h3>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="modal-content" id="your-communities-section">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <div class="call-to-login">" & @CRLF & _ "<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/signup?ssrc=site_switcher&amp;returnurl=http%3a%2f%2fstackoverflow.com%2fquestions%2f36183788%2fregex-to-match-single-quotes-being-quoted-by-double-quotes" class="login-link js-gps-track" data-gps-track="site_switcher.click({ item_type:10 })"" & @CRLF & _ ">Sign up</a> or <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/login?ssrc=site_switcher&amp;returnurl=http%3a%2f%2fstackoverflow.com%2fquestions%2f36183788%2fregex-to-match-single-quotes-being-quoted-by-double-quotes" class="login-link js-gps-track" data-gps-track="site_switcher.click({ item_type:11 })"" & @CRLF & _ ">log in</a> to customize your list." & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="header">" & @CRLF & _ " <h3><a href="//stackexchange.com/sites">more stack exchange communities</a></h3>" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com" class="fr">company blog</a>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="modal-content">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="child-content"></div>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ "</div>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="network-items">" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="//stackexchange.com"" & @CRLF & _ " class="topbar-icon icon-site-switcher yes-hover js-site-switcher-button js-gps-track"" & @CRLF & _ " data-gps-track="site_switcher.show"" & @CRLF & _ " title="A list of all 155 Stack Exchange sites">" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="hidden-text">Stack Exchange</span>" & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="#"" & @CRLF & _ " class="topbar-icon icon-inbox yes-hover js-inbox-button"" & @CRLF & _ " title="Recent inbox messages">" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="hidden-text">Inbox</span>" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="unread-count" style="display:none"></span>" & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="#"" & @CRLF & _ " class="topbar-icon icon-achievements yes-hover js-achievements-button "" & @CRLF & _ " data-unread-class=""" & @CRLF & _ " title="Recent achievements: reputation, badges, and privileges earned">" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="hidden-text">Reputation and Badges</span>" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="unread-count" style="display:none">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </span>" & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="topbar-links">" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="links-container">" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="topbar-menu-links">" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/signup?ssrc=head&returnurl=http%3a%2f%2fstackoverflow.com%2fquestions%2f36183788%2fregex-to-match-single-quotes-being-quoted-by-double-quotes" class="login-link">sign up</a>" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/login?ssrc=head&returnurl=http%3a%2f%2fstackoverflow.com%2fquestions%2f36183788%2fregex-to-match-single-quotes-being-quoted-by-double-quotes" class="login-link">log in</a>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/tour">tour</a>" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="#" class="icon-help js-help-button" title="Help Center and other resources">" & @CRLF & _ " help" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="triangle"></span>" & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="topbar-dialog help-dialog js-help-dialog dno">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="modal-content">" & @CRLF & _ " <ul>" & @CRLF & _ " <li>" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/tour" class="js-gps-track" data-gps-track="help_popup.click({ item_type:1 })">" & @CRLF & _ " Tour" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="item-summary">" & @CRLF & _ " Start here for a quick overview of the site" & @CRLF & _ " </span>" & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ " </li>" & @CRLF & _ " <li>" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/help" class="js-gps-track" data-gps-track="help_popup.click({ item_type:4 })">" & @CRLF & _ " Help Center" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="item-summary">" & @CRLF & _ " Detailed answers to any questions you might have" & @CRLF & _ " </span>" & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ " </li>" & @CRLF & _ " <li>" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="//meta.stackoverflow.com" class="js-gps-track" data-gps-track="help_popup.click({ item_type:2 })">" & @CRLF & _ " Meta" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="item-summary">" & @CRLF & _ " Discuss the workings and policies of this site" & @CRLF & _ " </span>" & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ " </li>" & @CRLF & _ " <li>" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/company/about" class="js-gps-track" data-gps-track="help_popup.click({ item_type:6 })">" & @CRLF & _ " About Us" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="item-summary">" & @CRLF & _ " Learn more about Stack Overflow the company" & @CRLF & _ " </span>" & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ " </li>" & @CRLF & _ " <li>" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="https://business.stackoverflow.com/?ref=topbar_help" class="js-gps-track" data-gps-track="help_popup.click({ item_type:7 })">" & @CRLF & _ " Business" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="item-summary">" & @CRLF & _ " Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us" & @CRLF & _ " </span>" & @CRLF & _ " </a>" & @CRLF & _ " </li>" & @CRLF & _ " 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" <li class="youarehere"><a id="nav-questions" href="/questions">Questions</a></li>" & @CRLF & _ " <li><a id="nav-jobs" href="/jobs">Jobs</a></li>" & @CRLF & _ " <li><a id="nav-tags" href="/tags">Tags</a></li>" & @CRLF & _ " <li><a id="nav-users" href="/users">Users</a></li>" & @CRLF & _ " <li><a id="nav-badges" href="/help/badges">Badges</a></li>" & @CRLF & _ " </ul>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="nav askquestion">" & @CRLF & _ " <ul>" & @CRLF & _ " <li>" & @CRLF & _ " <a id="nav-askquestion" href="/questions/ask">Ask Question</a>" & @CRLF & _ " </li>" & @CRLF & _ " </ul>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <div id="content" class="snippet-hidden">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Question">" & @CRLF & _ " <link itemprop="image" 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unclear or not useful">down vote</a>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <a class="star-off" href="#">favorite</a>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="favoritecount"><b></b></div>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "</div>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "<td class="postcell">" & @CRLF & _ "<div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="post-text" itemprop="text">" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<p>Here is a Regex I have been trying to make work:</p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<pre><code>(?:"[^"]*"[^"]*)*?\"{1}([^"]*?([']{1,})[^"]*?)\"" & @CRLF & _ "</code></pre>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<p>It is probably not the most clean nor the most effective way to achieve what I want to do, but I'm almost there, I think.</p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<p><strong>My goal is to match any single quote (') <em>that's being quoted</em> between double-quotes (")</strong>, so there needs to be an odd amount of double quotes in front of it. I know that for now it only matches the first group of single quotes, that's fine. I will eventually use this regex to replace the first occurence then iterate and use it again to replace the others as long as there are some.</p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<p>Here are a few examples:</p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<ul>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>" This is a random sentence <strong>'</strong> with a quote, <strong>the quote should match</strong>"</li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>" There is no quote here thats the problem" Anything here <strong>should not match</strong> but now it does: <strong>'</strong> .</li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>" Some text " some more text " this <strong>is a quote : ' that should match</strong>" </li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>" When there is a quote (') here, the other one does not work : " ' and that's perfect " even if you remove the first one this : " (') " will make it work because of the greedy ( I think ) but ifyou remove those between parenthesis, the other one is matching as of now, which I do not want to happen.</li>" & @CRLF & _ "<li>Another example would be this one : The following should not work, but it does "This is being quoted" not this: (') " and this is also being quoted "</li>" & @CRLF & _ "</ul>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<p>Note that I really do not consider myself an expert, a few days ago I knew almost nothing except the classic [a-zA-Z0-9]... Any help is welcome, I may have overlooked something basic.</p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<p>I have been working it here:" & @CRLF & _ "<a href="https://regex101.com/r/aE7iB8/1" rel="nofollow">https://regex101.com/r/aE7iB8/1</a></p>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="post-taglist">" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/questions/tagged/java" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;java&#39;" rel="tag">java</a> <a href="/questions/tagged/regex" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;regex&#39;" rel="tag">regex</a> " & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <table class="fw">" & @CRLF & _ " <tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class="vt">" & @CRLF & _ "<div class="post-menu"><a href="/q/36183788" title="short permalink to this question" class="short-link" id="link-post-36183788">share</a><span class="lsep">|</span><a href="/posts/36183788/edit" class="suggest-edit-post" title="">improve this question</a></div> " & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td align="right" class="post-signature">" & @CRLF & _ "<div class="user-info ">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="user-action-time">" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/posts/36183788/revisions" title="show all edits to this post">edited <span title="2016-03-23 18:39:27Z" class="relativetime">Mar 23 at 18:39</span></a>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="user-gravatar32">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="user-details">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " <div class="-flair">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ "</div> </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class="post-signature owner">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="user-info ">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="user-action-time">" & @CRLF & _ " asked <span title="2016-03-23 16:35:05Z" class="relativetime">Mar 23 at 16:35</span>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="user-gravatar32">" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/users/4425156/rapha%c3%abl"><div class="gravatar-wrapper-32"><img src="https://graph.facebook.com/807064487/picture?type=large" alt="" width="32" height="32"></div></a>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="user-details">" & @CRLF & _ " <a href="/users/4425156/rapha%c3%abl">Rapha&#235;l</a>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="-flair">" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="reputation-score" title="reputation score " dir="ltr">133</span><span title="7 bronze badges"><span class="badge3"></span><span class="badgecount">7</span></span>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ "</div>" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " </table>" & @CRLF & _ "</div>" & @CRLF & _ "</td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "<tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class="votecell"></td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " <div id="comments-36183788" class="comments ">" & @CRLF & _ " <table>" & @CRLF & _ " <tbody data-remaining-comments-count="0"" & @CRLF & _ " data-canpost="false"" & @CRLF & _ " data-cansee="true"" & @CRLF & _ " data-comments-unavailable="false"" & @CRLF & _ " data-addlink-disabled="true">" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <tr id="comment-60009490" class="comment ">" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " <table>" & @CRLF & _ " <tbody>" & @CRLF & _ " <tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class=" comment-score">" & @CRLF & _ " &nbsp;&nbsp;" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " &nbsp;" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " </tbody>" & @CRLF & _ " </table>" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class="comment-text">" & @CRLF & _ " <div style="display: block;" class="comment-body">" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="comment-copy">I think you have an incorrect assumption, and that&#39;s that there needs to be an odd number of double quotes in front of it (depending on what text is allowed). What about the counter-example <code>&#39;&quot;&quot;&quot;\&#39;&quot;&#39;</code>? Instead of using regex, you should definitely be using a stack.</span>" & @CRLF & _ " &ndash;&nbsp;<a href="/users/2415524/mbomb007"" & @CRLF & _ " title="1,447 reputation"" & @CRLF & _ " class="comment-user">mbomb007</a>" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><span title="2016-03-23 19:30:19Z" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 23 at 19:30</span></span>" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="edited-yes" title="this comment was edited 5 times"></span>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <tr id="comment-60010023" class="comment ">" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " <table>" & @CRLF & _ " <tbody>" & @CRLF & _ " <tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class=" comment-score">" & @CRLF & _ " &nbsp;&nbsp;" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " &nbsp;" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " </tbody>" & @CRLF & _ " </table>" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class="comment-text">" & @CRLF & _ " <div style="display: block;" class="comment-body">" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="comment-copy">I am not sure I understand what you mean, wouldnt the second &#39; be matched if we check if there are an odd number of &quot; in front of it ?</span>" & @CRLF & _ " &ndash;&nbsp;<a href="/users/4425156/rapha%c3%abl"" & @CRLF & _ " title="133 reputation"" & @CRLF & _ " class="comment-user owner">Rapha&#235;l</a>" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><span title="2016-03-23 19:48:00Z" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 23 at 19:48</span></span>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <tr id="comment-60010035" class="comment ">" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " <table>" & @CRLF & _ " <tbody>" & @CRLF & _ " <tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class=" comment-score">" & @CRLF & _ " &nbsp;&nbsp;" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " &nbsp;" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " </tbody>" & @CRLF & _ " </table>" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class="comment-text">" & @CRLF & _ " <div style="display: block;" class="comment-body">" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="comment-copy">It all depends if you allow nested quotes. Either way, regex is the wrong tool for the job.</span>" & @CRLF & _ " &ndash;&nbsp;<a href="/users/2415524/mbomb007"" & @CRLF & _ " title="1,447 reputation"" & @CRLF & _ " class="comment-user">mbomb007</a>" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><span title="2016-03-23 19:48:33Z" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 23 at 19:48</span></span>" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="edited-yes" title="this comment was edited 2 times"></span>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <tr id="comment-60010107" class="comment ">" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " <table>" & @CRLF & _ " <tbody>" & @CRLF & _ " <tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class=" comment-score">" & @CRLF & _ " &nbsp;&nbsp;" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " &nbsp;" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " </tbody>" & @CRLF & _ " </table>" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class="comment-text">" & @CRLF & _ " <div style="display: block;" class="comment-body">" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="comment-copy">if I add another double-quote in front of it, it then wouldnt match, which is what I am aiming for: &quot;this is some quoted text&quot; this is not &quot; this is &quot;, maybe I dont understand what you&#39;re meaning</span>" & @CRLF & _ " &ndash;&nbsp;<a href="/users/4425156/rapha%c3%abl"" & @CRLF & _ " title="133 reputation"" & @CRLF & _ " class="comment-user owner">Rapha&#235;l</a>" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><span title="2016-03-23 19:50:51Z" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 23 at 19:50</span></span>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <tr id="comment-60010239" class="comment ">" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " <table>" & @CRLF & _ " <tbody>" & @CRLF & _ " <tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class=" comment-score">" & @CRLF & _ " &nbsp;&nbsp;" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td>" & @CRLF & _ " &nbsp;" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " </tbody>" & @CRLF & _ " </table>" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class="comment-text">" & @CRLF & _ " <div style="display: block;" class="comment-body">" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="comment-copy">Ah,no there wont be nested quotes</span>" & @CRLF & _ " &ndash;&nbsp;<a href="/users/4425156/rapha%c3%abl"" & @CRLF & _ " title="133 reputation"" & @CRLF & _ " class="comment-user owner">Rapha&#235;l</a>" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><span title="2016-03-23 19:54:55Z" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 23 at 19:54</span></span>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " </tbody>" & @CRLF & _ " </table>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <div id="comments-link-36183788" data-rep=50 data-anon=true>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <a class="js-add-link comments-link disabled-link "" & @CRLF & _ " title="Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. 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I hope I got all the escapes correctly for the java pattern.</p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<pre><code>(?:(?:^|\\G(?&lt;!^)[^'\"]*\")[^\"]*+(?:"[^\"']*"[^\"]*)*+"|\\G(?&lt;!^))[^'\"]*+(')" & @CRLF & _ "</code></pre>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<p>This makes use of the <code>\G</code>-matcher, that will match at the end of the last pattern and of possesive modifiers to avoid unnecessary backtracking.</p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<p>Let's start at the end, <code>[^'\"]*+(')</code> matches any character, thats not single or double quote followed by a single quote, that is captured into a group.</p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<p><code>\\G(?&lt;!^)</code> matches at the end of the last match (the <code>(?&lt;!^)</code> is used to ensure we are not at the start of the string, as that is the position of <code>\G</code> in the first run, before anything is matched. So we will just try, if there is another single quote inside the double quotes we were in the last match.</p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<p><code>(?:^|\\G(?&lt;!^)[^'\"]*\")[^\"]*+(?:"[^\"']*"[^\"]*)*+"</code> is used to jump over all sequences that are either outside double quotes or don't contain a single quote. <code>^|\\G(?&lt;!^)[^'\"]*\"</code> matches either the start of the string (first match) or matches until the closing double quote of our last match, if there is not other single quote inside. <code>[^\"]*+</code> then matches anything that's not a double quote. <code>(?:"[^\"']*"[^\"]*)*+"</code> then matches any double quotes that don't contain single quotes and sequences outside single quotes until we reach the double quote that starts our matching for the single quote.</p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<p>But I guess a demo shows it way better than I can explain, so here you are: <a href="https://regex101.com/r/tW5xH4/1" 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Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”."" & @CRLF & _ " >add a comment</a><span class="js-link-separator dno">&nbsp;|&nbsp;</span>" & @CRLF & _ " <a class="js-show-link comments-link dno" title="expand to show all comments on this post" href=# onclick=""></a>" & @CRLF & _ " </div> " & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ "</tr> </table>" & @CRLF & _ "</div>" & @CRLF & _ "<script>" & @CRLF & _ " var ados = ados || {}; ados.run = ados.run || [];" & @CRLF & _ " ados.run.push(function () { ados_add_placement(22,8277,"adzerk1282216698",4).setZone(44); });" & @CRLF & _ " </script>" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="everyonelovesstackoverflow" id="adzerk1282216698">" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "<a name="36186022"></a>" & @CRLF & _ "<div id="answer-36186022" class="answer" data-answerid="36186022" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Answer">" & @CRLF & _ " <table>" & @CRLF & _ " <tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class="votecell">" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<div class="vote">" 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href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/171480/regex-grabbing-values-between-quotation-marks">RegEx: Grabbing values between quotation marks</a>) </p>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "<p>Once you have all the strings inside pairs of double quotes, it will be trivial to match any single quote inside these strings.</p>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " <table class="fw">" & @CRLF & _ " <tr>" & @CRLF & _ " <td class="vt">" & @CRLF & _ "<div class="post-menu"><a href="/a/36186022" title="short permalink to this answer" class="short-link" id="link-post-36186022">share</a><span class="lsep">|</span><a href="/posts/36186022/edit" class="suggest-edit-post" title="">improve this answer</a></div> </td>" & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <td align="right" class="post-signature"> " & @CRLF & _ " " & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="user-info ">" & @CRLF & _ " <div class="user-action-time">" & @CRLF & _ " answered <span title="2016-03-23 18:28:12Z" 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class="comment-copy">Good point to be made here about what a regex is good for, because in a lot of cases it makes more sense to use your program to do the processing. A regex is not (practically) a programming language, it&#39;s one of (hopefully) many tools provided by a programming language.</span>" & @CRLF & _ " &ndash;&nbsp;<a href="/users/1255289/miken32"" & @CRLF & _ " title="7,846 reputation"" & @CRLF & _ " class="comment-user">miken32</a>" & @CRLF & _ " <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><span title="2016-03-23 20:17:02Z" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 23 at 20:17</span></span>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ " </td>" & @CRLF & _ " </tr>" & @CRLF & _ " </tbody>" & @CRLF & _ " </table>" & @CRLF & _ " </div>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <div id="comments-link-36186022" data-rep=50 data-anon=true>" & @CRLF & _ "" & @CRLF & _ " <a class="js-add-link comments-link disabled-link "" & @CRLF & _ " title="Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. 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Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for AutoIt, please visit: https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/StringRegExp.htm