I have a string like this:
"text1 <text2> text3"
I want to grab only the text in <>. So I need to get text2. How can I do it?
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Mandatory link: RegEx match open tags except XHTML self-contained tagsPshemo– Pshemo2016-05-06 12:14:07 +00:00Commented May 6, 2016 at 12:14
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2 Answers
You can do it like this:
String value = "text1 <text2> text3 <text4>";
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("<([^>]*)>");
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(value);
while (matcher.find()) {
System.out.println(matcher.group(1));
}
Output:
text2
text4
Response Update:
Assuming that you know that you have only one value to extract, Bohemian proposes a simpler approach, he proposes to proceed as next:
String value = "text1 <text2> text3";
String target = value.replaceAll(".*<(.*)>.*", "$1");
System.out.println(target);
Output:
text2
3 Comments
Bohemian
you can do it with way less code than that...
Bohemian
It's not even a line, it needs just a method call:
String target = value.replaceAll(".*<(.*)>.*", "$1");. Less code == less bugs, easier to read and maintain.Bohemian
the question clearly asks about getting only one value from the input. The simplest solution is always the best.
I suggest you to split this string using " " as a separator - you will get 3 -elements array and the second one is what you are looking for
