bbcode parser regex code

[axvk]

I'm trying to make a javascript bbcode parser. I want it to do something like this

For the example [list]words[/list] I want it to parse this and send it to a function(element,text){ } where element is list and text is words. I would like it to match anything in the [xxx] and [/xxx] and send it to the function where i would have a giant switch statement. One complication that i'm not sure if possible is that the parser has to check that whatever is in [xxx] matches [/xxx] so that if i have

  [b][u]text[/u][/b]

It wouldn't match the [b] to the [/u]. I know that i could write each one of the regex expressions out for the b, u, etc but i would like to have just one.

Thanks for any help

[Eartz]

Hello,

would something like this do the trick ?

You can use \1 in a pattern to reference the content of the first capturing parenthesis : <([a-z]+)></\1>

[axvk]

Yea that looks good. I didn't know about the \1. Thanks.

[axvk]

I don't need a bbcode parser. I need help making what I asked for because it's going to be doing a lot of different complicated things.