extracting text between two characters

Question

Having a string like:

"*this* not that"

I can select *this*

\*(.*?)\*

but I'm not able to get only this.

what I am trying to achieve is to replace -this- by a new string. What's the easiest way to do that ?

Use `str = str.replace(/\*[^*]*\*/g, '*foobar*');` – anubhava Mar 03 '16 at 10:39 — anubhava, Mar 03 '16 at 10:39
Please post the code you are using. – Wiktor Stribiżew Mar 03 '16 at 10:40 — Wiktor Stribiżew, Mar 03 '16 at 10:40
`'"*this* not that"'.replace(/(\*(.*)\*)/gi, 'foo');` – Nina Scholz Mar 03 '16 at 10:48 — Nina Scholz, Mar 03 '16 at 10:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 03 '16 at 10:43

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you can try:

"*this* not that".replace(/\*.*\*/,'*new_string*');
//"*new_string* not that"

answered Mar 03 '16 at 10:43

Yangguang

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