Select all characters around word with regex in JavaScript?

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I'm trying to select all characters around some word, but not the word itself with regex in javascript.
(Then I will delete the selected part in JS myself.)

My string is: [id='s_change_b']

I want to select bold and italic part only:

[id=' s_change_b ']

I tried this Regular Expression, but it also selects word inside it.

/\[id='(.*?)'\]/


How can I only select characters around it? I only need Regular Expression part. Thanks in advance!

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I think you meant using the capturing group on the parts on the outside instead (\[id=')[^\[\]]*('\]) regex101.com/r/1DzGzZ/1 – The fourth bird
replace(/(\[id=')(.*?)('])/g, '<b>$1</b>$2<b>$3</b>') – Wiktor Stribiżew
That will also make it bold instead of selecting it :-) – The fourth bird

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replace(/(\[id=')(.*?)('])/g, '<b>$1</b>$2<b>$3</b>')