regex101: PCRE2 (PHP) Match Workspace

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Positive Lookbehind(?<=\[\[)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

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

Positive Lookahead(?=\]\])

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

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

: [[Bertus Aafjes]] (1914–1993), NL
: [[Jeppe Aakjær]] (1866–1930), DK
: [[Johannes Aal]] (um 1500–1551), CH
: [[Hans Aanrud]] (1863–1953), NO
: [[Emil Aarestrup]] (1800–1856), DK
: [[Soazig Aaron]] (* 1949), FR
: [[Ivar Aasen]] (1813–1896), NO

Extraction

: [[Bertus Aafjes]] (1914–1993), NL
: [[Jeppe Aakjær]] (1866–1930), DK
: [[Johannes Aal]] (um 1500–1551), CH
: [[Hans Aanrud]] (1863–1953), NO
: [[Emil Aarestrup]] (1800–1856), DK
: [[Soazig Aaron]] (* 1949), FR
: [[Ivar Aasen]] (1813–1896), NO