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"any sufficiently advanced regex is indistinguishable from magic" ;)
– Alex
Commented May 31, 2011 at 12:24
Note: \s will also match tab and newline, so if you think they can occur in values change [\w\s] to [\w ]
– Episodex
Commented May 31, 2011 at 12:28
Note - "test:testvalue test2:test:withcolon value test3:testvalue3" fails test2.
– Wonko the Sane
Commented May 31, 2011 at 13:27
@Wonko the Sane: you're right. I added solution to this. Still not perfect though.
– Episodex
Commented May 31, 2011 at 13:45
Right - the problem is that to use a parser on a pattern, the pattern must always be predictable.
– Wonko the Sane
Commented May 31, 2011 at 14:49

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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
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