Regex captured group not working? :?

[tomajx]

Hello, I have a text that includes words like this - ** cats **
I want to replace it to [b]cats[ /b] so bubble could display it correctly.

So I tried using the regex to find the word ** cats ** and replace it with itself using the capture groups operator - $1

It finds the word correctly, but instead of replacing it with it itself I’m getting a literal $1
Any ideas?

Thank you!

[sudsy]

I think you need to use parentheses to designate the capture group…

\*\*(.*?)\*\*

[tomajx]

Ahh damnit, my bad! Everything works like that, thank you, appreciate it!!