Regular Expressions 101

1st Alternative\{\{\w+\}\}(*SKIP)(*FAIL)

\{the literal { (123₁₀ / 173₈ / 7B₁₆)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

\}the literal } (125₁₀ / 175₈ / 7D₁₆)

(*SKIP)acts like (*PRUNE), but the next unanchored match attempt starts where (*SKIP) was reached instead of at the next subject character

(*FAIL)forces the current match attempt to fail at this position

2nd Alternative(\w+)

Group 1(\w+)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

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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Search reference

Regular Expression

\{\{\w+\}\}(*SKIP)(*FAIL)|(\w+)

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some
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work {{word}}
work red tex
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red