Only select text between parentheses

Question

I'm working on a code in php, and I want to work with regular expressions so this is the file I have

(1) DF  Mikael Nilsson                     ##   27, Panathinaikos (GRE)
(3)  DF  Olof Mellberg                      ##   64, Aston Villa (ENG)

So I have made myself a regular expression that is this one #\W[A-Z]{3}\S# but the outcome is (ENG) and I want the outcome te be only ENG and GRE so only the text inside the parentheses.

I hope there is someone who can help me, Thanks for the afford

Simply put grouping parentheses around the inner part: `#\W([A-Z]{3})\S#`, then you will get an extra entry in your array of matches with only the contents inside. — CBroe, Dec 29 '14 at 19:49
As I said, yes – you will get the _whole_ match first, but the _inner_ match as a separate value (extra entry in the resulting array). — CBroe, Dec 29 '14 at 20:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 29 '14 at 19:46

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(?:\()([A-Z]{3})(?:\))

When matching that, you should capture a group from it, which is only the letters.

answered Dec 29 '14 at 19:46

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No need for the non-capturing goups here... the result is the same !! – Enissay Dec 29 '14 at 19:47
This code is still selecting everyting even the parentheses – mr13018 Dec 29 '14 at 19:49
@mr13018 using [`preg_match`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php), the result is stored in `$matches[1]` – Enissay Dec 29 '14 at 19:51
@mr13018 then your result is in `$match[1]`! – Enissay Dec 29 '14 at 19:58
@mr13018 OR, If you dont want to change much in your code, then use `#\W\K[A-Z]{3}(?=\S)#` – Enissay Dec 29 '14 at 19:59
Thank you @Enissay this is the answer to all the problems I'm realy sorry but my php is not that great. sorry to bother you :( – mr13018 Dec 29 '14 at 20:01
@iostream.h Sorry for hijacking your post... Feel free to update your answer accordingly so it gets accepted <3 – Enissay Dec 29 '14 at 20:05

Only select text between parentheses

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