Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

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

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Negative Lookahead(?!\[\[)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

\[the literal [ (91₁₀ / 133₈ / 5B₁₆)

Negated Character Class[^|]

|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

\|the literal | (124₁₀ / 174₈ / 7C₁₆)

Group 1(.*?)

.*?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

Match Information

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

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

New

Lorem ipsum dolor sit [[amet]], consectetur adipiscing elit, 
sed do eiusmod [[time (sample)|tempor]]  incididunt ut [[labore]] et dolore magna aliqua.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit [[tempor]]  incididunt ut [[labore]] et dolore magna aliqua.

Substitution

[[\1]]

Lorem ipsum dolor sit [[amet]], consectetur adipiscing elit, 
sed do eiusmod [[time (sample)|tempor]]  incididunt ut [[labore]] et dolore magna aliqua.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit [[tempor]]  incididunt ut [[labore]] et dolore magna aliqua.