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Asked: 2026-05-23T04:19:50+00:00

I have a regex \[\[(.+)\]\] . I use it to capture wikilinks like hey

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I have a regex \[\[(.+)\]\]. I use it to capture wikilinks like hey I [[am]] so awesome (captures am). How could I modify this so that hey I [[am]] more [[awesome]] than you think yields both am and awesome, separately? My attempts have yielded single strings like am]] more [[awesome. A little context: I’m using this to write a Ruby IRC bot.

P.S. Wikilinks can also be multi-word, like hey I am much [[more awesome]] than you [[probably think]].

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need to make the .+ non-greedy:

    \[\[(.+?)\]\]

    See this reference: ruby regexen.

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