Regular Expression to get a string between parentheses in Javascript

Question

I am trying to write a regular expression which returns a string which is between parentheses. For example: I want to get the string which resides between the strings \"(\"

Answer 1

You need to create a set of escaped (with \) parentheses (that match the parentheses) and a group of regular parentheses that create your capturing group:

var regExp = /\(([^)]+)\)/;
var matches = regExp.exec("I expect five hundred dollars ($500).");

//matches[1] contains the value between the parentheses
console.log(matches[1]);

Breakdown:

• \( : match an opening parentheses
• ( : begin capturing group
• [^)]+: match one or more non ) characters
• ) : end capturing group
• \) : match closing parentheses

Here is a visual explanation on RegExplained