How to extract values inside brackets in a json string using Java Regex

Question

I would like to use regex to extract the values used inside the second []

[
"Shoes for men wither",
"Shoes for men wither leather",
]

I have tried the following: check all the words between quotes.

 Matcher m = Pattern.compile("\"([^\"]*)\"").matcher(response);

The problem with the above is that it gives me the other values outside the inner array.

Answer 1

This looks like JSON, which is not a regular language , and thus can't be parsed reliably with regex. You would almost certainly be better off using a JSON parsing library, such as Gson or one of the many listed at json.org .