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To identify things like:
[stack][overflow]
or
[is great!]
I do:
/\[([^\]]+)\](\[([^\]]+)\])?/.match(s)
Now I want to extend this such that if [...][...] or [...] comes after \ it won’t be recognized:
\[stack][overflow] # => Should not match
\[is great!] # => Should not match
a \[b][c] \[d] [e] # => Should match [e]
How could I extend the regex to achieve this ?
It should work both in Ruby 1.9.2 and Ruby 1.8.7.
I came up with this regexp:
You can try it here:
http://rubular.com/r/L796M2pcG7
Hope that helps.
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