Find the number surrounded by square braces using regex

Question

I need to remove all the numbers appearing inside square braces such as [9] , [2] , ....

This is my regex:

"(?:\[\d*\])"

Which is working fine. But I am totally new to regex so let me know if is there a better regex that can be used.

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Answer 1

You don't need the grouping here, and also you'd want to match for 1 or more digits: "\[\d+\]"

• mak: that was actually my first attempt but i don't know why i made it complex BTW thanks
• Anselm Helbig: The problems with regexen is that they're easier to write than to read. Which means that for simple regexen it might be a good idea to start over instead of tweaking an existing solution.