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using regular expressions to parse

i want to extract data from a string which has a given structure eg.
[data1][data2][data3,data4], can i use regular expressions to do so? if yes
how? or maybe there is a better way to deal with the problem?
can i somehow make the process more flexible by allowing the user to define
data-string pattern for example by entering something like:
[%d1][%d2][%d3,%d4] or %d1.%d2(%d3,%d4) and etc...

Anyone can help me with that one? maybe someone had some experiences with
such problem?

I checked example provided by MS, but it isnt clear to me at all ;-)
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