Regex to find the word just before and after a keyword?

Question

What RegEx would match the word (including special characters) right after a keyword?

E.g. In the following text, using the keyword "equals", the RegEx would match "'1'", "Two" and "3"

Status equals '1' or Status equals Two or Status equals 3

It greatly depends on your regex engine. Please specify the programming language or tool you are using it in. — Wiktor Stribiżew, Aug 28 '15 at 13:56
@m.cekiera, tried that answer but it doesn't match the '1' word, must be the special characters. — Lenny, Aug 28 '15 at 14:02

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '15 at 13:50

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Use a positive lookbehind.

(?<=\bequals )\S+

answered Aug 28 '15 at 13:50

Avinash Raj

Hi Avinash, thanks for the super quick reply! The example above seems to match just the first result (i.e. matches "'1'" only). Is there some regex magic to get it to match "Two" and "3" as well? – Lenny Aug 28 '15 at 13:52
@Lenny. Use `global` flag – Aug 28 '15 at 13:54
ya, you need to use global flag `g` – Avinash Raj Aug 28 '15 at 14:06

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