How do I replace all but what’s within parenthesis For instance: some_html=some_html.gsub(/<a href=\([^\]+)\/, );

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Asked: May 25, 20262026-05-25T13:12:12+00:00 2026-05-25T13:12:12+00:00

How do I replace all but what’s within parenthesis

For instance:

some_html=some_html.gsub(/&lt;a href=\"([^\"]+)\"/,  "");

now I would like to replace that string with: whatever is in the parenthesis.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-25T13:12:12+00:00

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I don’t really understand your question, so if it needed feel free to correct me.

I assume you need to transform following <a href="needless[target]trash" into something like <a href="target"

So following code do the job:

some_html.gsub!(/(<a href=")[^"]*\[([^"]+)\][^"]*"/, '\\1\\2"')

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