Split values in brackets using Regex

Asked May 06 '16 at 20:56

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I have a string that looks something like - " [value1]\n[value2]\n[value3]\n[value4]\n" or like: " [value1]\n[value2]\n[value3]\n[value4]"

I'm trying to get a list of all my values in brackets: value1, value2, value3, value4

My research showed me to use Regex, but I'm not getting any matches.

Can anybody help?

Here's a sample of what I tried:

Regex.Matches(myText, "[(.*?)]")

asked May 06 '16 at 20:56

As in the question linked: `Regex.Matches(myText, @"\[(.*?)\]")`. Or `@"\[([^][]*)]"` – Wiktor Stribiżew May 06 '16 at 20:58
@WiktorStribiżew: less than 30 seconds, impressive. – Casimir et Hippolyte May 06 '16 at 20:58
I already saw that question - but that answer does not work for me – May 06 '16 at 20:59
@SOS: It [is working well](http://regexstorm.net/tester?p=%5c%5b(.*%3f)%5c%5d&i=+%5bvalue1%5d%0d%0a%5bvalue2%5d%0d%0a%5bvalue3%5d%0d%0a%5bvalue4%5d%0d%0a). – Wiktor Stribiżew May 06 '16 at 21:00
YOur second answer works for me. Thanks. – May 06 '16 at 21:01
Just as a proof - http://ideone.com/qvRyX4. If your content is not the one you provided in the question, it makes the question an XY problem. `(.*?)` would work, too, if you pass the `RegexOptions.Singleline` flag (as I guess you have a newline inside the `value`s). – Wiktor Stribiżew May 06 '16 at 21:03

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