Extract values between parenthesis from NSString

Question

I have an NSString that will be something like \"xxxx (yyyyy)\" where x and y can be any character. I\'d like to extract just the y from inside the parenthesis. I managed to ext

Answer 1

Easiest way would be to use RegExKit:

http://regexkit.sourceforge.net/

Then you'd do something like:

[@"xxxx(yyyyy)" getCapturesWithRegexAndReferences:@"\\((.*)\\)",@"$1", &extractedString,nil];

and extractedString would contain whatever was in parenthesis.