Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

{{copythe literal text {{copy (case sensitive)

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

Group 1([^}]*)

Negated Character Class[^}]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

}}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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25 tokens

{{copy\s*([^}]*)}}

New

{{copy}}
some text, then {{copy}}, then some other other text
some {{copy 'default value here'}} here

{{copy}}
some text, then {{copy}}, then some other other text
some {{copy 'default value here'}} here