Get specific range with regex within string

Question

REGEX:

-(.*).......:

DATA

SRV-srvdata-q_SRV_20:DAT
SRV-srvdata-p:DAT

OUTPUT

hoinvap01-q
hoha

GOAL

srvdata-q
srvdata-p

Wiktor Stribiżew · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-08 12:43:41Z

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You want to match any 1+ chars from the first hyphen to the first _ or :.

You may use

-([^:_]+)

The [^:_]+ will match any 1+ chars other than : and _.

answered Oct 8, 2019 at 12:43

Wiktor Stribiżew

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