RegEx to select everything between two characters?

Question

I am trying to write a regex that selects everything between two characters.

For example, when the regex encounters a \'§\' I want it to select everythi

Answer 1

If you have multiple § (char example) use : §([^§]*)§

It will ignore everything between two § and only take what's between the 2 special char, so if you have something like §What§ kind of §bear§ is best, it will output: §what§ , §bear§

What happening? lets dissect the expression § then ([^§]*) then §

1. 1- match § char
2. 2- match anything but § [^§] 0 or more times *
3. match § char

Hope it helps !

Answer 2

For a simple case this should do:

§(.*);

It might need to be modified if you don't want to allow nesting:

§(.*?);

Answer 3

Use this regex

(?<=§).*?(?=;)

Answer 4

How about

"§([^;]*);"

The selected characters between the § and ; are available as match group 1.