Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1([^"]+?)

Negated Character Class[^"]+?

+?matches at least one character outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 2(".*?"|$)

1st Alternative".*?"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative$

$end of string, or before its final line terminator

Global pattern flags

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

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

([^"]+?)(".*?"|$)

New

Lorem ipsum "dolor" sit amet, consectetur "adipiscing" elit.
 Nunc ultrices varius odio, "ut accumsan nisi" aliquet vitae.
 "Ut faucibus augue tortor, at aliquam purus dignissim eget." abc

Substitution

Lorem ipsum "dolor" sit amet, consectetur "adipiscing" elit.
 Nunc ultrices varius odio, "ut accumsan nisi" aliquet vitae.
 "Ut faucibus augue tortor, at aliquam purus dignissim eget." abc