Regex Matches too much?

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Not actually too sure what to title this question. I'm attempting to match only whats between $[( and )] each time. However the regex I'm using is matching the first $[( and last )] in the entire string instead of each individual occurrence within a string.

Each occurrence could have literally anything around it. The contents could be even as complex as $[(("$[username]").substr(1))] So the contents should be possible to be anything too.

You can see a demo of this regex here: https://regex101.com/r/Wr1e6D/1

and the attached screenshot.

This works as intended, though I notice the ] isn't escaped and doesn't need to be. While the first [ does. Why's this? — TMFKSOFT, Sep 15 '20 at 09:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '20 at 09:30

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If you know that inside the parenthesis will be alphanumeric characters, you use the following:

\$\[\(([\w\d]*)\)\]

answered Sep 15 '20 at 09:30

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