Get string between two string with Regular Expression

Question

I have a string that look like this

BLA BLA BLA "url_encoded_fmt_stream_map": "ABCDEFGHIJKLMN" BLA BLA BLA BLA

And i want to get the string ABCDEFGHIJKLMN,i tried to do it with REGX:

html = html.match("\"url_encoded_fmt_stream_map\": \"(.*)\"");

But it always give me an empty string.Any idea what is the problem with this method?

A regex is an object with a special literal syntax, it is not a string, a regex is enclosed in /regex/ — elclanrs
– elclanrs, Commented Jul 3, 2013 at 8:30

raam86 · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-03 08:30:18Z

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Try it without the quotes:

html = html.match(/"url_encoded_fmt_stream_map\": \"(.*)"/);

the slashes tell javascript it is a regular expression.

answered Jul 3, 2013 at 8:30

raam86

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I run this code on objective-c so i don't have stuff like this