How can I match double-quoted strings with escaped double-quote characters?

Question

I need a Perl regular expression to match a string. I\'m assuming only double-quoted strings, that a \\\" is a literal quote character and NOT the end of the string, and tha

Answer 1

A generic solution(matching all backslashed characters):

/ \A "               # Start of string and opening quote
  (?:                #  Start group
    [^\\"]           #   Anything but a backslash or a quote
    |                #  or
    \\.              #   Backslash and anything
  )*                 # End of group
  " \z               # Closing quote and end of string
  /xms