I'm experimenting to learn flex and would like to match string literals. My code currently looks like:

"\""([^\n\"\\]*(\\[.\n])*)*"\""        {/*matches string-literal*/;}

I've been struggling with variations for an hour or so and can't get it working the way it should. I'm essentially hoping to match a string literal that can't contain a new-line (unless it's escaped) and supports escaped characters.

I am probably just writing a poor regular expression or one incompatible with flex. Please advise!