Quoted String Regex Pattern

Live Regex Tester

Pattern Breakdown

Code Examples

const regex = /(["'])(?:(?!\1|\\).|\\.)*\1/g;
const test = ""hello world"";
console.log(regex.test(test)); // true

// Extract matches
const matches = test.match(regex);
console.log(matches);

import re

pattern = r'(["'])(?:(?!\1|\\).|\\.)*\1'
test = ""hello world""
match = re.findall(pattern, test)
print(match)  # Found!

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "regexp"
)

func main() {
    re := regexp.MustCompile(`(["'])(?:(?!\1|\\).|\\.)*\1`)
    fmt.Println(re.MatchString(""hello world"")) // true
}

Common Use Cases

Match Examples

About the Quoted String Regex

Matches single or double-quoted strings with proper escape handling. Handles escaped quotes within strings.

Regular expressions (regex) are powerful pattern matching tools used across virtually all programming languages. The quoted string pattern is classified as advanced difficulty in the text & strings category. It works in all major programming languages.

When using this regex, always consider edge cases and test thoroughly with real-world data. Use the interactive tester above to validate the pattern against your specific inputs before deploying to production.

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