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I would like to remove square brackets from beginning and end of a string, if they are existing.



[Just a string]

Just a string

Just a string [comment]

[Just a string [comment]]


Should result in



Just a string

Just a string

Just a string [comment]

Just a string [comment]


I tried to build an regex, but I don't get it in a correct way, as it doesn't look for the position:



string.replace(/[[]]+/g,'')

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string.replace(/^[(.+)]$/,'$1')


should do the trick.




  • ^ matches the begining of the string

  • $ matches the end of the string.

  • (.+) matches everything in between, to report it back in the final string.


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