Regular Expressions 101

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Group 1([^]]*)

Negated Character Class[^]]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

\]the literal ] (93₁₀ / 135₈ / 5D₁₆)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

Group 2([^\s^\)]*)

Negated Character Class[^\s^\)]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

\sany whitespace character

^the literal ^ (94₁₀ / 136₈ / 5E₁₆)

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Character Class[\s\)]

\sany whitespace character

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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Search reference

Regular Expression

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

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[sample link](http://example.com/)
[sample link](http://example.com/ "with title")
[link name](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40177342/regex-convert-a-markdown-inline-link-into-an-html-link-with-c-sharp "link to this question")