regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

Pro

Group 1(\${)

\$the literal $ (36₁₀ / 44₈ / 24₁₆)

{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

Group 2(.*?)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Positive Lookahead(?=})

}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

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

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(\${)(.*?)(?=})

New

<snippet>
	<content><![CDATA[
${1:first}, ${2:second} ${3:second}
]]></content>
	<!-- Optional: Set a tabTrigger to define how to trigger the snippet -->
<tabTrigger>2p</tabTrigger> 
	<!-- Optional: Set a scope to limit where the snippet will trigger -->
	<!-- <scope>source.python</scope> -->
</snippet>

Substitution

<snippet>
	<content><![CDATA[
${1:first}, ${2:second} ${3:second}
]]></content>
	<!-- Optional: Set a tabTrigger to define how to trigger the snippet -->
<tabTrigger>2p</tabTrigger> 
	<!-- Optional: Set a scope to limit where the snippet will trigger -->
	<!-- <scope>source.python</scope> -->
</snippet>