Formatting regexp in a condition of an automation

@CodeFinder wrote:

Hi all,

I have the following automation:

- alias: Disable Pi-Hole
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: input_select.pihole_time
  condition: # valid if in the format 'HH:MM:SS'
    - condition: template
      value_template: "{{ states('input_select.pihole_time')|regex_match('^(?:(?:([01]?\d|2[0-3]):)?([0-5]?\d):)?([0-5]?\d)$', ignorecase=FALSE) }}"
  action:
    service: pi_hole.disable
    data_template:
      duration: "{{ states('input_select.pihole_time') }}"

but I am getting the errors:

Error loading /config/configuration.yaml: while scanning a double-quoted scalar
  in "/config/automations.yaml", line 298, column 23
found unknown escape character 'd'
  in "/config/automations.yaml", line 298, column 92

Line 298 is the line with the regular expression. What’s wrong here? Please note that the expression works correctly in the template editor. Also tried double quotes with no luck.

Thanks!

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