regex to preserve comments removing everything else

[neutrox]

how do i extract info contained on

{...}
[...]
(...)
/*...*/
and <...>

using regex?

i mean: everything that's not between and of course including brackets must go.

[highend]

Probably not the most elegant way...

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$a = <<<>>>
This [text1] is...
This (text2) is...
This {text3} is...
This <text4> is...
This /*text5*/ is...
>>>;

	$b = regexreplace($a, ".*([[<({]|/\*)(.*?)([]>)}]|\*/).*", "$2");
	text $b;

[neutrox]

thanks much highend.

i've tried hard but can't let it work: is there a way to preserve all respective brackets?

[highend]

i've tried hard

And what did you try exactly?

is there a way to preserve all respective brackets?

Elaborate more...

[neutrox]

i've tried hard

And what did you try exactly?

is there a way to preserve all respective brackets?

Elaborate more...

the attempts we made messing up the regex.

i need to have

[text1]
(text2)
{text3}
<text4>

instead of

text1
text2
text3
text4

[highend]

The regex itself doesn't need to be modified to accomplish that...

You just have to change the replacement from $2 to $1$2$3...

[neutrox]

The regex itself doesn't need to be modified to accomplish that...

You just have to change the replacement from $2 to $1$2$3...

solved, thanks much.