Question

I have string: text and something and something like f213 @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ etc etc and litle more etc etc

i woul dlike to get now @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@. Numbers are not fixed and can be changed…

My regex which not working:

(@@ -)([0-9]+)(,)([0-9]+)( +)([0-9]+)(,)([0-9]+)( @@)

Can someone see error in my regex?

Answer 1

You need to escape your plus:

(@@ -)([0-9]+)(,)([0-9]+)( \+)([0-9]+)(,)([0-9]+)( @@)

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