title: Regex to find a string inside a couple of special characters
body: <p>Hey guys i am trying to find a pattern in a string let's say this is my string</p>
  
  <pre><code>Hello World :this is what i am trying to detect: 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i am looking for a regex that matches anything that comes between </p>
  
  <pre><code>:"STRING":
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i googled a bit and found some results, but nothing seems to be working. I successfully matched <code>:test:</code> but more than one word and it's breaking</p>
  
  <p>this is the best answer i got</p>
  
  <pre><code>^[:]\\w+|(?&lt;=\\s)[@#]\\w+
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