Regular Expressions 101

Pro

Group 1(".*?"|[^",]+)

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[^",]+

Negated Character Class[^",]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

Positive Lookahead(?=\s*,|\s*$)

1st Alternative\s*,

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

,the literal , (44₁₀ / 54₈ / 2C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\s*$

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

$end of line

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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26 tokens

(".*?"|[^",]+)(?=\s*,|\s*$)