Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Group 1([^\s*](?:[^*]*[^*\s])?)

Negated Character Class[^\s*]

\sany whitespace character

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

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

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Negated Character Class[^*]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^*\s]

*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

\sany whitespace character

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

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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26 tokens

\*([^\s*](?:[^*]*[^*\s])?)\*

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