Regular Expressions 101

Pro

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negative Lookahead(?!\[\[|]])

1st Alternative\[\[

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

2nd Alternative]]

]]the literal text ]]

Negated Character Class[^:]

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

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

]]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

\[\[(?:(?!\[\[|]])[^:])*:.*?]]

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