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1st Alternative<code(?:\s[^>]*)?>[\s\S]*?<\/code>

<codethe literal text <code (case sensitive)

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

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\sany whitespace character

Negated Character Class[^>]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Character Class[\s\S]*?

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

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

code>the literal text code> (case sensitive)

2nd 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

3rd 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)

4th 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 ~~

5th Alternative\*{2}([\s\S]*?)\*{2}(?!\*)

\*{2}the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆) , repeated exactly 2 times

Group 4([\s\S]*?)

Character Class[\s\S]*?

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

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

\*{2}the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆) , repeated exactly 2 times

Negative Lookahead(?!\*)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

6th Alternative\*([^*]*)\*

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Group 5([^*]*)

Negated Character Class[^*]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

7th Alternative__([\s\S]*?)__

__the literal text __

Group 6([\s\S]*?)

Character Class[\s\S]*?

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

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-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

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Regular Expression

<code(?:\s[^>]*)?>[\s\S]*?<\/code>|`{3}([\S\s]*?)`{3}|`([^`]*)`|~~([\S\s]*?)~~|\*{2}([\s\S]*?)\*{2}(?!\*)|\*([^*]*)\*|__([\s\S]*?)__

New

**bold and 
*italic and 
__underline and 
~~strikethrough~~__***

`~~Not strikethrough~~`
~~`Strikethrough`~~

Normal text

```
~~Not strikethrough~~
```

~~```
Strikethrough
```~~

**bold and 
*italic and 
__underline and 
~~strikethrough~~__***

`~~Not strikethrough~~`
~~`Strikethrough`~~

Normal text

Extraction

**bold and 
*italic and 
__underline and 
~~strikethrough~~__***

`~~Not strikethrough~~`
~~`Strikethrough`~~

Normal text

```
~~Not strikethrough~~
```

~~```
Strikethrough
```~~

**bold and 
*italic and 
__underline and 
~~strikethrough~~__***

`~~Not strikethrough~~`
~~`Strikethrough`~~

Normal text