Re: regex expression help

Tom.E.Ward@gmail.com wrote:
> I need to extract serial numbers from multiple text files. I have an
> expression that works fairly well, but the problem is some of the
> serial numbers are enclosed within quotes (both single and double) and
> I can't figure out a good way to get rid of the closing quote. The
> expression of have now is:
>
> /($matchString\s*[\:\=\-]\s*[\'\"]?)(([\w]+$)|(([\w]+)([^\w] )))/
>
> ($matchString contains {"serial number", "sn", "s/n", "serial num",
> etc.}

A backreference might be useful.

/$matchString\s*[:=-]\s*(['"]?)([\w]+)\1/

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