Question

I have this string: {test1}-{test2}/{x+y}

I want to check whether {test1}{test} matches that string.

It WOULD match if I just could ignore the chars between the }...{

How would you write that Regex?

UPDATE:

I want to check whether {test1}{test2}{x+y} matches the string:

{test1}-{test2}/{x+y}

Answer 1

I am assuming your comment means that you want to use the following pattern {test1}{test2}{x+y} and you want it to match the first string, with the additional rule that between the braced groups you can provide anything, so the minus and the division there should not prevent a match.

To match the input, which can contain arbitrary characters between the braced groups, use this type of regular expression:

\{test1\}.*\{test2\}.*\{x\+y\}

This will match:

{test1}{test2}{x+y}
{test1}-{test2}/{x+y}

{test1}+{test3}*{test2}/{test4}-{x-y}+{x+y}
       ---------       ---------------           <-- the parts that match .*