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Adam Mo.
Adam Mo.

Reputation: 772

Ignore <br> in string match

I have this string :

[This regex tester evaluates JavaScript regular expressions]

when i match it by this \[(.*?)], it match but when i click enter like this :

[This regex tester 
evaluates JavaScript regular expressions]

the match not work , how to ignore <br> ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 570

Answers (2)

hwnd
hwnd

Reputation: 70732

The following should suffice.

\[([^\]]*)\]

See live demo

Note: If you have multiple strings like the following in a multi-line string, you could also use the following:

\[([\S\s]*)\]

Or add the non-greedy ? making it match the least amount possible.

\[([\S\s]*?)\]

See live demo

Upvotes: 3

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 785651

You don't have <tr> in the line, it is just a new line in between which .* will not match.

Try this regex to match:

\[([\s\S]*)\]

[\s\S] will match new lines as well since Javascript doesn't have DOTALL (s) flag.

Upvotes: 2

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