Multiple repeated elements between text

Question

I was wondering how it's possible (if it is) to get multiple elements between text.

For example my test String is <pizza>name:1;John:2</pizza>Carl:8and I want to get all the Names:number that are between the <pizza> tags.

If I use \w+:\d I get name:1, John:2 but also Carl:8.

Is there a way to get only the ones inside the tags? (So only name:1 and John:2 in this case)

I've tried using <pizza>(\w+:\d;)+</pizza> but it only gives me the last one that's inside.

Thanks in advance!

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 09 '18 at 10:47

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This should do:

(?<=<pizza>).*?(?=</pizza>)

Positive lookbehind

(?<=<pizza>)

Matches the actual value you want to extract

.*?

Positive lookahead

(?=</pizza>)

answered Aug 09 '18 at 10:47

TobyU

Thank you so much it works ! I did not know things such as lookbehinds and lookaheads existed. – Neïl Rahmouni Aug 09 '18 at 10:53
Have a look at this tutorial https://www.rexegg.com/regex-lookarounds.html – TobyU Aug 09 '18 at 10:54
Oh thanks :D I was actually searching a tutorial about this. – Neïl Rahmouni Aug 09 '18 at 10:55

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