I'm trying to get only h1 and h2 headers from markdown file using regex, but unfortunately I don't know regex well and can't write the correct solution.
With this expression I'm near the solution (I think so):
/\#{1,2} (.*?)(\\r\\n|\\r|\\n)/gm
But it returns also headers with more than two hashes.
Test case:
# first \r
## second \r
### third \r## fourth \r
This should return ['first', 'second', 'fourth']
Use
/(?<!#)#{1,2} (.*?)(\\r(?:\\n)?|\\n)/gm
See regex proof.
EXPLANATION
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(?<! look behind to see if there is not:
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# '#'
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) end of look-behind
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#{1,2} '#' (between 1 and 2 times (matching the
most amount possible))
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' '
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( group and capture to \1:
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.*? any character except \n (0 or more times
(matching the least amount possible))
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) end of \1
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( group and capture to \2:
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\\ '\'
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r 'r'
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(?: group, but do not capture (optional
(matching the most amount possible)):
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\\ '\'
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n 'n'
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)? end of grouping
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| OR
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\\ '\'
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n 'n'
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) end of \2