Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative(\*\*)(?<bold>[^**]+)(\*\*)

Group 1(\*\*)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Group bold(?<bold>[^**]+)

Negated Character Class[^**]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Group 3(\*\*)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

2nd Alternative(?<normal>[^`*[~]+)

Group normal(?<normal>[^`*[~]+)

Negated Character Class[^`*[~]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

~the literal ~ (126₁₀ / 176₈ / 7E₁₆)

3rd Alternative\*(?<italic>[^*]+)\*

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Group italic(?<italic>[^*]+)

Negated Character Class[^*]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

(\*\*)(?<bold>[^**]+)(\*\*)|(?<normal>[^`*[~]+)|\*(?<italic>[^*]+)\*

New

**fi*rst b** some normal text here **second b**  *first i* normal *second i* normal aggain

**fi*rst b** some normal text here **second b**  *first i* normal *second i* normal aggain