Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative\\\\

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\\\*

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

3rd Alternative\*\*((?:\\\\|\\\*\*|\*(?!\*)|[\S\s])*?)\*\*

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Group 1((?:\\\\|\\\*\*|\*(?!\*)|[\S\s])*?)

Non-Capturing Group(?:\\\\|\\\*\*|\*(?!\*)|[\S\s])*?

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

1st Alternative\\\\

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

2nd Alternative\\\*\*

\\the literal \ (92₁₀ / 134₈ / 5C₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

3rd Alternative\*(?!\*)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\*)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

4th Alternative[\S\s]

Character Class[\S\s]

\Sany non-whitespace character

\sany whitespace character

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

\\\\|\\\*|\*\*((?:\\\\|\\\*\*|\*(?!\*)|[\S\s])*?)\*\*

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