Regex help in asp.net c#

Question

I have a large string that may have some items I want to retrieve out of it.

An example string could be

"The quick |Get Me|(header1) brown fox |Get Me|(info package) jumps over ..."

I would like a regex to extract what is in between the brackets, not including the brackets and the brackets will always follow "|Get Me|"

Oded · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-28 10:29:29Z

4

A pattern that will match:

\|Get Me\|\(([^)]+)\)

Usage:

var matches = Regex.Matches(myString, @"\|Get Me\|\(([^)]+)\)");

foreach(Match match in matches)
{
   var val = match.Groups[1].Value;
}

edited Nov 28, 2012 at 10:29

answered Nov 28, 2012 at 10:15

Oded

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4 Comments

retired Over a year ago

+1 That does it, but just so Robert knows, it matches the whole |Get Me|(header1) string, and then you extract the header1 part using the matches' groups.

Robert Hancliff Over a year ago

Yes that does do it, somehow and yes I needed to get a string out of a group collection. It's amazing and baffling thanks very much

Oded Over a year ago

@RobertHancliff - I suggest you read Mastering Regular Expressions. You will be much less baffled and start understanding regex to a good degree.

retired Over a year ago

@RobertHancliff ... and experiment using the .NET Regex Tester at regexhero.net (personal non-affiliated recommendation)

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