Extracting Text Between Brackets with Regex

Question

In sentences like:

\"[x] Alpha

[33] Beta\"

I extract an array of bracketed data as ([x], [33])

using VBA regex Pattern:

\"(\\         


        

Answer 1

With Excel and VBA you can strip the brackets after the regex extraction:

Sub qwerty()

    Dim inpt As String, outpt As String
    Dim MColl As MatchCollection, temp2 As String
    Dim regex As RegExp, L As Long

    inpt = "38c6v5hrk[x]537fhvvb"

    Set regex = New RegExp
    regex.Pattern = "(\[x\])|(\[\d*\])"
    Set MColl = regex.Execute(inpt)
    temp2 = MColl(0).Value

    L = Len(temp2) - 2
    outpt = Mid(temp2, 2, L)

    MsgBox inpt & vbCrLf & outpt
End Sub