Get specific range with regex within string

Question

Get specific range with regex within string

REGEX:

-(.*).......:

DATA

SRV-srvdata-q_SRV_20:DAT
SRV-srvdata-p:DAT

OUTPUT

hoinvap01-q
hoha

GOAL

srvdata-q
srvdata-p

Answer 1

You want to match any 1+ chars from the first hyphen to the first _ or :.

You may use

-([^:_]+)

See the regex demo

The [^:_]+ will match any 1+ chars other than : and _.