Parsing a URL Encoded String for the parameter (match between two words)
December 17th, 2009
I spent the last hour trying to find a regular expression to parse a url that was url-encoded or to match between two words. Java was having a difficult time retrieving the url since it was parameter=something& but rather proxystylesheet%3Ddefault_frontend%26. The expression is:
(?<=proxystylesheet%3D).*?(?=%26)
Where proxystylesheet is the parameter you are looking for. This won’t find the value if it is at the end of the line but in my case, that is unnecessary.
