my $extractor; # Must be a seperate statement. $extractor = qr/ \[\[ (?: (?: (?! \[\[ | \]\] ) . )+ | (??{ $extractor }) )+ \]\] /x; my @links = $text =~ /$extractor/g; #### my $extractor; # Must be a seperate statement. $extractor = qr/ \[\[ (?> (?: (?: (?> [^\[\]]+ ) | \[ (?! \[ ) | \] (?! \] ) ) | (??{ $extractor }) )+ ) \]\] /x; my @links = $text =~ /$extractor/g;