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Asked: May 18, 20262026-05-18T10:00:50+00:00 2026-05-18T10:00:50+00:00

I want to match the first character AFTER a hyphen. See below. Language: PHP

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I want to match the first character AFTER a hyphen. See below.

Language: PHP or JavaScript.

example:

my-first-name

I want to match the characters

f and n

thanks!

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    2026-05-18T10:00:51+00:00Added an answer on May 18, 2026 at 10:00 am

    Positive lookbehind is the way to go, but you probably want

    (?<=-).

    or

    (?<=-)[^-]

    (if you want to avoid capturing ‘-‘ in strings—-like–this).

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