regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Pro

1st Alternative`{3}([\S\s]*?)`{3}

`{3}the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆) , repeated exactly 3 times

Group 1([\S\s]*?)

Character Class[\S\s]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

\Sany non-whitespace character

\sany whitespace character

`{3}the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆) , repeated exactly 3 times

2nd Alternative`([^`]*)`

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

Group 2([^`]*)

Negated Character Class[^`]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

3rd Alternative~~([\S\s]*?)~~

~~the literal text ~~

Group 3([\S\s]*?)

Character Class[\S\s]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

\Sany non-whitespace character

\sany whitespace character

~~the literal text ~~

Global pattern flags

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

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

25 tokens

Regular Expression

`{3}([\S\s]*?)`{3}|`([^`]*)`|~~([\S\s]*?)~~

New

Normal text, ~~this should be strikethrough~~ then some more normal text.

~~some multiline strikethrough 
text here~~

```
Pre text.
~~NOT strikethrough, nothing inside the code block should be matched/styled.~~
Post text.
```

`~~Not strikethrough either~~`

Extraction

Normal text, ~~this should be strikethrough~~ then some more normal text.

~~some multiline strikethrough 
text here~~

```
Pre text.
~~NOT strikethrough, nothing inside the code block should be matched/styled.~~
Post text.
```

`~~Not strikethrough either~~`