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  1. text = '**hello \* world**'
  2. puts text.gsub(/(?<!\*)\*\*([^*\\]*(?:\\.[^*\\]*)*)\*\*(?!\*)/m, '*\1*')
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 6028KB
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*hello \* world*
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