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Finding mismatching quotes in a code line

Q

How to find mismatching quotes "..." in a program code line with a regular expression?

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A

The regular expression to find the mismatching quotes "..." in a program code can be written as: with multiple lines modifier "m" specified: Note that: 

^[^"]*"               - Get the first "
([^"\n]*"[^"\n]*")*   - 0 or more pairs of "
[^"\n]*$              - No " afterward

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