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Extract Text Between Two Characters Online

Easily extract text between any two characters, strings, or patterns

How to Use This Text Extraction Tool

  1. Paste your text - Insert any text containing content between delimiters
  2. Specify your delimiters - Enter the start and end characters/strings
  3. Choose your options:
    • Include delimiters: Keep the start/end characters in results
    • Case-sensitive: Match exact case for text delimiters
    • Match across lines: Extract text spanning multiple lines
  4. Click "Extract Text" - Get all matching text instantly
  5. Copy or download - Save your extracted content

Common Use Cases

  • Extracting content between parentheses, brackets, or quotes
  • Parsing data from logs or configuration files
  • Getting values from JSON, XML, or other structured data
  • Extracting text between HTML/XML tags
  • Processing template variables or placeholders

Example Transformation

Before (Text with Delimiters)After (Extracted Content)
User [john_doe] logged in at [2023-10-15 14:30:22]
Error [404] occurred on page [contact.html]
Config values: timeout=[30], retries=[3]
john_doe
2023-10-15 14:30:22
404
contact.html
30
3

Common Delimiter Examples

  • Parentheses: (text) - Use ( and )
  • Brackets: [text] - Use [ and ]
  • Braces: {text} - Use { and }
  • Quotes: "text" - Use " and "
  • HTML tags: <div>text</div> - Use <div> and </div>
  • Custom strings: STARTtextEND - Use your own start/end markers