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PowerShell example to extract text between delimiters using RegEx
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extractingTextSurroundingChars.ps1
$testText = 'Peter <peter@gmail.com>, Paul <paul@gmail.com>, Zoe <zoe@gmx.com>'
$pattern = '(?<=\<).+?(?=\>)'
[regex]::Matches($testText, $pattern).Value
<#
output
peter@gmail.com
paul@gmail.com
zoe@gmx.com
#>
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