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inko9nito on 01/03/11


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regex textile replace ruby tags match asterisk


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Match text between asterisks

 / Published in: Regular Expression
 

URL: http://rubular.com/r/73UNIqgDuO

Matches text between each pair of asterisks (see URL above for demo)

Example:

Make text between asterisks bold, like in Textile (in Ruby):

test.gsub(/(\*)+([^.*?$]+)+(\*)/, '<strong>\\2</strong>')

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  1. (\*)+([^.*?$]+)+(\*)

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