带有嵌套"["的正则表达式

Question

我熟悉正则表达式,但这个复杂的例子让我感到沮丧.我试图理解这行代码正在做什么:

r'/(\\.|[^[/\\\n]|\[(\\.|[^\]\\\n])*])+/([gim]+\b|\B)'

它是一个试图检测正则表达式的代码片段,例如:/\s+/.我的理解是,直到嵌套[,\[和(同行.

(我需要将此代码从Python移植到Java,并且在理解上述工作原理以及为什么它不能像Java一样工作时遇到问题.)

Answer 1

这是一个可能有帮助的分解版本:

/                      # Match an opening slash
(                      # Followed by one or more...
  \\.                  #    Backslash followed by any character
  |                    #   or...
  [^[/\\\n]            #    Something that's not a [, /, \, or newline
  |                    #   or...
  \[                   #    A literal [, followed by any number of...
    (
      \\.              #     backslashes followed by any character
      |                #     or...
      [^\]\\\n]        #     something that's not a ], \, or newline
    )*
  ]                    #    and ending with a ]
)+
/                      # And a closing slash
(
  [gim]+\b             # Followed by one or more of g, i, m
  |
  \B                   # or something that isn't a word boundary
)