Regular Expressions 101

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Group 1(.+?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

Negative Lookahead(?!\*)

\*the literal * (42₁₀ / 52₈ / 2A₁₆)

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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26 tokens

Regular Expression

\*\*(.+?)\*\*(?!\*)

New

some normal and **bold with * gem*** but pure *italics* is
***foo**bar***
**bold***
**a** **b**
***a* *b***

some normal and **bold with * gem*** but pure *italics* is
***foo**bar***
**bold***
**a** **b**
***a* *b***