[Solved] finding number question

Try this in your regular expression pattern:

Code:

\[(\d+)\.?\]

The ? after the dot makes it optional.
Put the \d+ part between round brackets, in order to catch the mathes.
A good website to test regex:
https://regex101.com/

Thanks that regex101 is good site i tried it out never herd of it before

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