My start to Regex

[3raser]

I've decided that knowing a good portion of Regex is a necessity. Sadly, starting out always seems to be the hardest. In the following expression, I attempt to match anything that starts with

.

 

Like so:

 

/\[quote=[a-zA-Z0-9]\]/g

 

So for instance, I'd like for it to match something like this:

 

[quote=bob]

 

Any reasons why it doesn't seem to work? Thanks.

[Pikachu2000]

Tags were all hosed. Fixed that for ya.

[3raser]

Thank you. 

[requinix]

[a-zA-Z0-9]

By itself that means only one. It would work with quote=b. Add a "quantifier" to it - which one depends on what you want to allow.

[3raser]

[a-zA-Z0-9]

By itself that means only one. It would work with quote=b. Add a "quantifier" to it - which one depends on what you want to allow.

 

I'm not looking for just quote=b. :/

 

I'm looking for [tt]

[tt]

[requinix]

[a-zA-Z0-9]

By itself that means only one. It would work with quote=b. Add a "quantifier" to it - which one depends on what you want to allow.

 

I'm not looking for just quote=b. :/

 

I'm looking for [tt]

[tt]

Right. Which is why you should add a quantifier.

[3raser]

Ah hah, I got it working.

 

\[quote=[a-zA-Z0-9]+\]