Regex data match issue

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My original text is (all one line):

var _7question = new Array();
_7question[0] = "question 1";
_7question[1] = "question 2";
_7question[2] = "question 3";
_7question[3] = "question 4";
var _7questionText = new Array();
_7questionText[0] = "ans1"
 _7questionText[1] = " ans2";
_7questionText[2] = " ans3";
_7questionText[3] = "this is the last answer";

And I'm attempting to strip out _7question[0] = "question 1"; through _7question[3] = "question 4"; using a javascript match expression.

The expression I'm attempting to use is:

(/_7question\[.*\] = .*";/g)

However, it seems to also grab the questiontext elements as well which I don't want. I tested this before with each element on its own line and it worked perfectly, but upon setting everything to a single line, the expression no longer works.

Yep that was it. And because I'm working on a project that requires this functionality? — Glynbeard, Mar 19 '14 at 19:40

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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You can use [0-9]+ to match just numbers.

Edit: It seems you want a non-greedy match on your .*s.

_7question\[.*?\] = .*?;

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Mar 19 '14 at 20:00

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