[FIXED] Java Rex is not giving the output as expected

Issue

networks[0]/site[9785d8e8-9b1f-3fc0-8271-6e32f58fb725]/equipment/location[144ae20e-be33-32e2-8b52-798e968e88b9]

The objective is to get the 9785d8e8-9b1f-3fc0-8271-6e32f58fb725 from above string. I have written the regex as below. But its giving the output as "location".

.*\\/([^\\/]+)\\[.*\\]$

Could any one suggest me the proper regex to get the 9785d8e8-9b1f-3fc0-8271-6e32f58fb725 from above string.

Solution

You can just use site\[(.+?)\]. See the test.

P.S. You current expression is actually doing the following:

1. Pass whatever .*
2. Unless you encounter /
3. then capture any sequence after / not containing: \, /
4. which in turn is followed by [] with whatever content straight away and residing at the very end of the string.

So the only matching part is location

Answered By - Alexey R.
Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (JavaFixing Volunteer)