regex101: JavaScript Match Workspace

Pro

1st Alternative`[^`]*`

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^`]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

`the literal ` (96₁₀ / 140₈ / 60₁₆)

2nd Alternative\{@link\s+([^}\s|]+)(?:\s*\|?\s*([^}]*))*?\s*\}

\{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

@linkthe literal text @link (case sensitive)

\s+any whitespace character, repeated at least once

Group 1([^}\s|]+)

Negated Character Class[^}\s|]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\s*\|?\s*([^}]*))*?

*?repeats the group contents below any number of times:

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

\|?optionally matches the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

Group 2([^}]*)

Negated Character Class[^}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

Global pattern flags

u modifier: unicode. Enables Unicode-aware matching and escape syntax

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

26 tokens

Regular Expression

`[^`]*`|\{@link\s+([^}\s|]+)(?:\s*\|?\s*([^}]*))*?\s*\}

New

'Simple link: {@link BIND/bindExec} test',
'description: {@link fooFunction description text}',
'pipe: {@link spaced | test}',
'ignored:`{@link IGNORE}` in code sample. {@link allowed} `not {@link IGNORE2} here`',
'unspaced pipe: {@link unspaced|test}',
'accidental pipe: {@link damaged1|  }',
'unspaced accidental pipe: {@link damaged2|}',
'Multiple links: {@link foo} and {@link bar description} and {@link baz | text}',
'Complex: {@link module:path/to/thing~method } {@link Class#method some text} {@link external:jQuery.fn.prop} text {@link  adafa|fasdfsaf}'

Substitution

'Simple link: {@link BIND/bindExec} test',
'description: {@link fooFunction description text}',
'pipe: {@link spaced | test}',
'ignored:`{@link IGNORE}` in code sample. {@link allowed} `not {@link IGNORE2} here`',
'unspaced pipe: {@link unspaced|test}',
'accidental pipe: {@link damaged1|  }',
'unspaced accidental pipe: {@link damaged2|}',
'Multiple links: {@link foo} and {@link bar description} and {@link baz | text}',
'Complex: {@link module:path/to/thing~method } {@link Class#method some text} {@link external:jQuery.fn.prop} text {@link  adafa|fasdfsaf}'