Need help getting regex to get something between 2 unrelated strings

Question

I can't figure out how to make a certain regex, even with the help of a regex generator.

I need to get exactly the string between (including spaces): </a>: and  .

If nobody wants to get a headache over doing this, I can understand.

Can you give an example of input and your expected output. The way you've worded this it doesn't make sense. Also, I like to use regexhero.net when working with regular expressions. — Jim Schubert
– Jim Schubert, Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 17:04
I'm assuming it's some data ": " <some string and etc. " " somedata They want to get the whole ": " <some string and etc. " " — kevingreen
– kevingreen, Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 17:07
@MaartenBoogaard: There is no reason to remove it. If you want to improve it, you can edit it — Bergi
– Bergi, Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 17:14

Bergi · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-10 17:21:04Z

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You would use lookaround to match this: /(?<=<\/a>: ).*(?= )/

However, JavaScript does not support lookbehind, so you are bound to be using matching groups:

var regex = /<\/a>: (.*?)&nbsp;/;
var match = myString.match(regex);
if (match)
    return match[1];

edited Jan 10, 2013 at 17:21

answered Jan 10, 2013 at 17:11

Bergi

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Maarten Boogaard Over a year ago

Thanks, but how does it return an array? (match[i]?)

Bergi Over a year ago

Have a look at the docs for the String match method

Maarten Boogaard Over a year ago

Alright, regardless, works perfect! Thank you very much for your effort. I can't vote your answer useful because of my low reputation, but you bet that it was extremely useful.

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