Regex match strings between asterisks

Question

I have a string like this:

var s = \"*string1* *string2* *string3*\";

I\'m trying to create a regex which returns an array of the three strings

Answer 1

You need to use lazy quantifier ? here and also escape \

Like this \*(.*?)\* Regex101 Demo

Without using lazy quantifier you can do something like this.

\*[^*]+\* This will match a * everything until a * *. Regex101 Demo

Use \\ instead of \ in actual code.