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

Here's a very simple way:

/"(?:\\?.)*?"/

Just remember if you're embedding such a regex in a string to double the backslashes.