Powershell Regex check for string between brackets

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I'm trying to read values from a text file into a hashtable, I want to be able to be able to tell when I encounter a value that has the format "['somestring']"... So when I encounter a value that has brackets around it I want to store the string into a specific variable and run a function with that string.

I was thinking that regex was the way to go for this but I am unsure what a possible regex value would look like. Any help would be appreciated thank you!

Lee · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-02 19:28:13Z

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$r = [regex] "\[([^\[]*)\]"
$match = $r.match("[somestring]")
$text = $match.groups[1].value

answered Jul 2, 2012 at 19:28

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Shay Levy · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-02 20:33:14Z

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if("['somestring']" -match "\['([^\]]+)'\]")
{
    $matches[1]
}

answered Jul 2, 2012 at 20:33

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