Question

I’m trying to parse some bbc code like this:

[item=1]a[/item]
[item=2]b[/item]
[item=3]c[/item]

I’m able to get the first item, but i can’t get the second and third. I’m trying to grab each item, and convert it to a link. Here’s the result i’m going for:

<a href="#1">a</a>
<a href="#2">b</a>
<a href="#3">c</a>

Here’s what I’m doing:

/\[item=(\d+)\](.*?)\[\/item\]/

Which gives me:

["[item=1]a[/item]", "1", "a"]

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Try adding the “global” option to your expression

/\[item=(\d+)\](.*?)\[\/item\]/gi

That should work on most regex implementations, but when your provide which one you are using (or at least what language you are programming in), I can check into that.

On a further note: Add the case-insensitive option also, so ITEM will also be matched.

On a further futher note: Here is a working example