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rated 0 times [ 163] [ 3] / answers: 1 / hits: 110398 / 15 Years ago, tue, september 29, 2009, 12:00:00

I need to return just the text contained within square brackets in a string. I have the following regex, but this also returns the square brackets:

var matched = mystring.match(\[.*]);

A string will only ever contain one set of square brackets, e.g.:

Some text with [some important info]

I want matched to contain 'some important info', rather than the '[some important info]' I currently get.

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answered 15 Years ago harleyaleenag · Accepted Answer

Use grouping. I've added a ? to make the matching ungreedy, as this is probably what you want.

var matches = mystring.match(/[(.*?)]/);



if (matches) {

    var submatch = matches[1];

}