Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group 1(person\s*=\s*{[^}]*'name'\s*:\s*')

personthe literal text person (case sensitive)

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

=the literal = (61₁₀ / 75₈ / 3D₁₆)

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

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

'name'the literal text 'name' (case sensitive)

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

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

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

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 2(.*?)

.*?any character, repeated any number of times

Group 3(')

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Global pattern flags

s modifier: single line. Allows a dot to match line terminators

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25 tokens

(person\s*=\s*{[^}]*'name'\s*:\s*')(.*?)(')

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