Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative"[^"]*"(*SKIP)(*F)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^"]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*F)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternative,

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

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

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Search reference

Regular Expression

"[^"]*"(*SKIP)(*F)|,

New

test, a "comma,", bob, ",sam,",