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  1. foostring <- c("First test *** no asterisks at the end", 
  2.                "Second test *** asterisks in the middle *** something different",
  3.                "Third test *** more than one asterisk *** something different *** second asterisk ***",
  4.                "Fourth test *** asterisks followed by a special character ***_something different")
  5.  
  6. gsub("\\*{3}.*?(?:\\*{3}|$)", "",  foostring)
  7.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.21s 38972KB
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[1] "First test "                      "Second test  something different"
[3] "Third test  something different " "Fourth test _something different"
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R (R 3.5.2)
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3 years ago
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