Getting values separated by comma inside square brackets using Regex in Java [closed]

Answer 1

First strip out the [ and ] from the string using replaceAll(). Then split using \s*,\s* which means comma can have optional space before or after it.

String []splits = text.replaceAll("^\\s*\\[|\\]\\s*$", "").split("\\s*,\\s*");

Now convert the String array into List<String> using Arrays.asList().

Answer 2

You don't need regex for this, just use string manipulation.

List<String> values = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(text.substring(1, text.length() - 1).split(", ")));

If you need to drop the first value, then just do the following:

values.remove(0);