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Jorge Ponti
Asked: 2022-04-08 16:51:53 +0800 CST 2022-04-08 16:51:53 +0800 CST

Formulate RegEx that displays text that is inside parentheses

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I need a RegEx to leave only what is between the square brackets [ ], this is an example of the text:

HM-WP-MB-22NOV10-03[24MO+36MO+6YE+12YE RED] MPD R00

HM-WP HC-UUI MAY20 [24M+36M+6Y+12U]

You must provide the following for this example:

[24MO+36MO+6YE+12YE RED]

[24M+36M+6Y+12U]

It only works what is inside the [ ]

python

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  1. Best Answer

    To extract the text that is enclosed in square brackets , use the regular expression:

    \[(.*?)\]

    In this way, for example:

    import re

a_string = "HM-WP-MB-22NOV10-03[24MO+36MO+6YE+12YE RED] MPD R00"
result = re.search(r"\[(.*?)\]", a_string)
print('[' + result.group(1) + ']')

    Departure:

    [24MO+36MO+6YE+12YE RED]

    Explanation:

    • \[: [is a special character and needs to be escaped \so that it can be found literally.
    • (.*?): matches any character. You can change it to a different expression to match only letters, numbers, etc.
    • \]: ]is a special character, so it is treated the same as the first[
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