Regular Expressions 101

Pro

1st Alternative"([^"\\]*(?:\\.[^"\\]*)*)"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group 1([^"\\]*(?:\\.[^"\\]*)*)

Negated Character Class[^"\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\\.[^"\\]*)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

Negated Character Class[^"\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

2nd Alternative\w+

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

3rd Alternative'([^'\\]*(?:\\.[^'\\]*)*)'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Group 2([^'\\]*(?:\\.[^'\\]*)*)

Negated Character Class[^'\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\\.[^'\\]*)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

.any character (except for line terminators)

Negated Character Class[^'\\]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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26 tokens

Regular Expression

"([^"\\]*(?:\\.[^"\\]*)*)"|\w+|'([^'\\]*(?:\\.[^'\\]*)*)'

New

"The Doors" "Peace Frog" "Down The Road" Bootleg "lol noth\"ing here" something   rofl lol "wtf is going on" 'nope noe noe' "'''" "something's fishy here..." 'are we "sure that this will work?"'

Extraction

"The Doors" "Peace Frog" "Down The Road" Bootleg "lol noth\"ing here" something   rofl lol "wtf is going on" 'nope noe noe' "'''" "something's fishy here..." 'are we "sure that this will work?"'