Still can't seem to figure this one out. I need a regex that will take 
[url|desc|target]

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and make it into 
<a href="url" target="target">desc</a>

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On top of that, the last part (target) is optional so if it's not added, the url will open in the same window. 
[www.test.com|test page]

would make <a href="www.test.com">test page</a>

[www.test.com|test page|new]

would make <a href="www.test.com" target="new">test page</a>

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What I've been trying is this (yes, I want ANYTHING inside to be linked. Even if they accidently just type in the letters "asd" it would make that into a link) 
s/\[(.+\/\/.+?)\|(.+?)\]/<a href="$1" target="new">$2<\/a>/gi;

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Thanks everyone.

In reply to Link regex by coldfingertips

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