Question

Here’s my string:

SELECT x FROM Table1 WHERE (SELECT y FROM Table2 LIMIT 1) > 15 LIMIT 4

Here’s my regex:

SELECT .+ FROM .+ LIMIT (?<LIMITCOUNT>\d{1,4})

I want it to do 2 captures; one is the entire string and the other is the part in paranthesis, but it only captures the entire string. What’s my way out?

Answer 1

You can capture it in the lookahead

(?=((?<=^|\s)SELECT .+? LIMIT \d{1,4}(?=\s|$)|(?<=\()SELECT .+? LIMIT \d{1,4}(?=\))))

This will capture 2 queries in your example!Access it using group 1

Try it here