Match text between parenthesis that end with .md

Question

I need to get the text inside the parenthesis where the text ends with .md using a regex (if you know another way you can say it) in python.

Original string: [Romanian (Romania)](books/free-programming-books-ro.md)

Expected result: books/free-programming-books-ro.md

Do note that there are markdown libraries that will parse this syntax for you. I'm not saying it *can't* be done with a regex; just that it's not always the tool you're looking for. — Silvio Mayolo, Nov 13 '21 at 17:58
Does this answer your question? [Parse and traverse elements from a Markdown file](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27349951/parse-and-traverse-elements-from-a-markdown-file) — SuperStormer, Nov 13 '21 at 17:58
Is your question is: *How do I get the links in markdown string*? — balderman, Nov 13 '21 at 18:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 13 '21 at 18:23

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This should work:

import re
s = '[Romanian (Romania)](books/free-programming-books-ro.md)'
result = re.findall(r'[^\(]+\.md(?=\))',s)

['books/free-programming-books-ro.md']

answered Nov 13 '21 at 18:23

Alain T.

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