please help me this problem.
I want to split "-action=1" to "action" and "1".
string pattern = #"^-(\S+)=(\S+)$";
Regex regex = new Regex(pattern);
string myText = "-action=1";
string[] result = regex.Split(myText);
I don't know why result have length=4.
result[0] = ""
result[1] = "action"
result[2] = "1"
result[3] = ""
Please help me.
P/S: I am using .NET 2.0.
Thanks.
Hello, I tested with string: #"-destination=C:\Program Files\Release" but it have inaccurate result, I don't understand why result's length = 1. I think because it has a white space in string.
I want to split it to "destination" & "C:\Program Files\Release"
More info: This is my requirement:
-string1=string2 -> split it to: string1 & string2.
In string1 & string2 don't contain characters: '-', '=', but they can contain white space.
Please help me. Thanks.
Don't use split, just use Match, and then get the results from the Groups collection by index (index 1 and 2).
Match match = regex.Match(myText);
if (!match.Success) {
// the regex didn't match - you can do error handling here
}
string action = match.Groups[1].Value;
string number = match.Groups[2].Value;
Try this (updated to add Regex.Split):
string victim = "-action=1";
string[] stringSplit = victim.Split("-=".ToCharArray());
string[] regexSplit = Regex.Split(victim, "[-=]");
EDIT: Using your example:
string input = #"-destination=C:\Program Files\Release -action=value";
foreach(Match match in Regex.Matches(input, #"-(?<name>\w+)=(?<value>[^=-]*)"))
{
Console.WriteLine("{0}", match.Value);
Console.WriteLine("\tname = {0}", match.Groups["name" ].Value);
Console.WriteLine("\tvalue = {0}", match.Groups["value"].Value);
}
Console.ReadLine();
Of course, this code have issues if your path contains - character
In .NET Regex, you can name your groups.
string pattern = #"^-(?<MyKey>\S+)=(?<MyValue>\S+)$";
Regex regex = new Regex(pattern);
string myText = "-action=1";
Then do a "Match" and get the values by your group names.
Match theMatch = regex.Match(myText);
if (theMatch.Success)
{
Console.Write(theMatch.Groups["MyKey"].Value); // This is "action"
Console.Write(theMatch.Groups["MyValue"].Value); // This is "1"
}
What's wrong with using string.split()?
string test = "-action=1";
string[] splitUp = test.Split("-=".ToCharArray());
I admit, though that this still gives you possibly more parameters than you'd like to see in the split up array...
[0] = ""
[1] = "action"
[2] = "1"
In his talk Regular Expression Mastery, Mark Dominus attributes the following helpful rule to Learning Perl author (and fellow StackOverflow user) Randal Schwartz:
Use capturing or m//g [or regex.Match(...)] when you know what you want to keep.
Use split when you know what you want to throw away.
Related
I'm trying to match the following cases and pull the number value:
"b 30.00"
"bill 30.00"
"bill 30"
"b 30"
I've tried:
var regex = new Regex("^b(?-i:ill)?$ ^$?d+(.d{2})?$", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
However, this doesn't seem to return a match, and I'm not sure how to pull the digit.
You haven't well understand how to use anchors ^ & $, read about this.
var regex = new Regex(#"^[Bb](?:ill)? \d+(?:\.\d{2})?$");
or better since you only need ascii digits (and not all possible digits of the world):
var regex = new Regex(#"^[Bb](?:ill)? [0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]{2})?$");
If you want to figure a literal . you must escape it (same thing for a literal $). Note the use of a verbatim string to avoid double backslashes.
Feel free to add capture groups around what you want to capture.
You didn't mention if RegEx is actually required to accomplish your goal. If RegEx is not required, and you know that your string is in a specific format, you could just split the string:
string val = "bill 30.00";
string[] split = val.Split(' ');
string name = string.Empty;
decimal currency = 0m;
if (split.Length > 1)
{
name = split[0];
decimal.TryParse(split[1], out currency);
}
new Regex (#"\b\d+(.\d {2})*") should give you what you want
Just try the code
string Value = "bill 30.00";
string resultString = Regex.Match(Value, #"\d+").Value;
This is probably a super easy question but I can't seem to figure it out. Do you know how to extract just the portion after the '/' in a string. So for like the following:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\4YourSoul\Server\ReportEMailService\OrderConfirmation_SynergyWorldInc]
So I just want the 'OrderConfirmation_SynergyWorldInc' portion. I got 271 entries where I gotta extract just the end portion (the all have the portions before that in all of them, if that helps).
Thanks!!
IF YOU HAVE A SINGLE ENTRY...
You need to use LastIndexOf with Substring after a bit of trimming:
var s = #"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\4YourSoul\Server\ReportEMailService\OrderConfirmation_SynergyWorldInc]";
s = s.Trim('[',']');
Console.Write(s.Substring(s.LastIndexOf('\\') + 1));
Result: OrderConfirmation_SynergyWorldInc
IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE RECORDS...
You can use a regex to extract multiple matches from a large text containing [...] substring:
[^\\\[\]]+(?=\])
See demo
For [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\4YourSoul\Server\ReportEMailService\OrderConfirmation_SynergyWorldInc][SOMEENTRY] string, you will then get 2 results:
The regex matches
[^\\\[\]]+ - 1 or more characters other than ], [ and \
(?=\]) - before the end ] character.
C#:
var results = Regex.Matches(s, #"[^\\\[\]]+(?=\])").OfType<Match>().Select(p => p.Value).ToList();
var s = #"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\4YourSoul\Server\ReportEMailService\OrderConfirmation_SynergyWorldInc]";
Console.WriteLine (s.Trim(']').Split('\\').Last());
prints
OrderConfirmation_SynergyWorldInc
var key = #"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\4YourSoul\Server\ReportEMailService\OrderConfirmation_SynergyWorldInc]";
key = key.Replace("[", string.Empty);
key = key.Replace("]", string.Empty);
var splitkeys =key.Split('\\');
if (splitkeys.Any())
{
string result = splitkeys.Last();
}
Try:
string orderConfirmation = yourString.Split(new []{'\\\'}).Last();
You may also want to remove the last character if the brackets are included in the string.
string pattern = ".*\\(\w*)";
string value = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\4YourSoul\Server\ReportEMailService\OrderConfirmation_SynergyWorldInc]"
Regex r = new Regex(pattern);
Match m = r.Match(value);
Question: How do I write an expression to split a string on ',' but not '/,'? Later I'll want to replace '/,' with ', '.
Details...
Delimiter: ','
Skip Char: '/'
Example input: "Mister,Bill,is,made,of/,clay"
I want to split this input into an array: {"Mister", "Bill", "is", "made", "of, clay"}
I know how to do this with a char prev, cur; and some indexers, but that seems beta.
Java Regex has a split functionality, but I don't know how to replicate this behavior in C#.
Note: This isn't a duplicate question, this is the same question but for a different language.
I believe you're looking for a negative lookbehind:
var regex = new Regex("(?<!/),");
var result = regex.Split(str);
this will split str on all commas that are not preceded by a slash. If you want to keep the '/,' in the string then this will work for you.
Since you said that you wanted to split the string and later replace the '/,' with ', ', you'll want to do the above first then you can iterate over the result and replace the strings like so:
var replacedResult = result.Select(s => s.Replace("/,", ", ");
string s = "Mister,Bill,is,made,of/,clay";
var arr = s.Replace("/,"," ").Split(',');
result : {"Mister", "Bill", "is", "made", "of clay"}
Using Regex:
var result = Regex.Split("Mister,Bill,is,made,of/,clay", "(?<=[^/]),");
Just use a Replace to remove the commas from your string :
s.Replace("/,", "//").Split(',').Select(x => x.Replace("//", ","));
You can use this in c#
string regex = #"(?:[^\/]),";
var match = Regex.Split("Mister,Bill,is,made,of/,clay", regex, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
After that you can replace /, and continue your operation as you like
I have the following string:
String myNarrative = "ID: 4393433 This is the best narration";
I want to split this into 2 strings;
myId = "ID: 4393433";
myDesc = "This is the best narration";
How do I do this in Regex.Split()?
Thanks for your help.
If it is a fixed format as shown, use Regex.Match with Capturing Groups (see Matched Subexpressions). Split is useful for dividing up a repeating sequence with unbound multiplicity; the input does not represent such a sequence but rather a fixed set of fields/values.
var m = Regex.Match(inp, #"ID:\s+(\d+)\s+(.*)\s+");
if (m.Success) {
var number = m.Groups[1].Value;
var rest = m.Groups[2].Value;
} else {
// Failed to match.
}
Alternatively, one could use Named Groups and have a read through the Regular Expression Language quick-reference.
Problem:
Cannot find a consistent way to replace a random string between quotes with a specific string I want. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Example:
String str1 = "test=\"-1\"";
should become
String str2 = "test=\"31\"";
but also work for
String str3 = "test=\"foobar\"";
basically I want to turn this
String str4 = "test=\"antyhingCanGoHere\"";
into this
String str4 = "test=\"31\"";
Have tried:
Case insensitive Regex without using RegexOptions enumeration
How do you do case-insensitive string replacement using regular expressions?
Replace any character in between AnyText: and <usernameredacted#example.com> with an empty string using Regex?
Replace string in between occurrences
Replace a String between two Strings
Current code:
Regex RemoveName = new Regex("(?VARIABLE=\").*(?=\")", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
String convertSeccons = RemoveName.Replace(ruleFixed, "31");
Returns error:
System.ArgumentException was caught
Message=parsing "(?VARIABLE=").*(?=")" - Unrecognized grouping construct.
Source=System
StackTrace:
at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.ScanGroupOpen()
at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.ScanRegex()
at System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexParser.Parse(String re, RegexOptions op)
at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex..ctor(String pattern, RegexOptions options, Boolean useCache)
at System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex..ctor(String pattern, RegexOptions options)
at application.application.insertGroupID(String rule) in C:\Users\winserv8\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\application\application\MainFormLauncher.cs:line 298
at application.application.xmlqueryDB(String xmlSaveLocation, TextWriter tw, String ruleName) in C:\Users\winserv8\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\application\application\MainFormLauncher.cs:line 250
InnerException:
found answer
string s = Regex.Replace(ruleFixed, "VARIABLE=\"(.*)\"", "VARIABLE=\"31\"");
ruleFixed = s;
I found this code sample at Replace any character in between AnyText: and with an empty string using Regex? which is one of the links i previously posted and just had skipped over this syntax because i thought it wouldnt handle what i needed.
var str1 = "test=\"foobar\"";
var str2 = str1.Substring(0, str1.IndexOf("\"") + 1) + "31\"";
If needed add check for IndexOf != -1
I don't know if I understood you correct, but if you want to replace all chars inside string, why aren't you using simple regular expresission
String str = "test=\"-\"1\"";
Regex regExpr = new Regex("\".*\"", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
String result = regExpr.Replace(str , "\"31\"");
Console.WriteLine(result);
prints:
test="31"
Note: You can take advantage of plain old XAttribute
String ruleFixed = "test=\"-\"1\"";
var splited = ruleFixed.Split('=');
var attribute = new XAttribute(splited[0], splited[1]);
attribute.Value = "31";
Console.WriteLine(attribute);//prints test="31"
var parts = given.Split('=');
return string.Format("{0}=\"{1}\"", parts[0], replacement);
In the case that your string has other things in it besides just the key/value pair of key="value", then you need to make the value-match part not match quote marks, or it will match all the way from the first value to the last quote mark in the string.
If that is true, then try this:
Regex.Replace(ruleFixed, "(?<=VARIABLE\s*=\s*\")[^\"]*(?=\")", "31");
This uses negative look-behind to match the VARIABLE=" part (with optional white space around it so VARIABLE = " would work as well, and negative look-ahead to match the ending ", without including the look-ahead/behind in the final match, enabling you to just replace the value you want.
If not, then your solution will work, but is not optimal because you have to repeat the value and the quote marks in the replace text.
Assuming that the string within the quotes does not contain quotes itself, you can use this general pattern in order to find a position between a prefix and a suffix:
(?<=prefix)find(?=suffix)
In your case
(?<=\w+=").*?(?=")
Here we are using the prefix \w+=" where \w+ denotes word characters (the variable) and =" are the equal sign and the quote.
We want to find anything .*? until we encounter the next quote.
The suffix is simply the quote ".
string result = Regex.Replace(input, "(?<=\\w+=\").*?(?=\")", replacement);
Try this:
[^"\r\n]*(?:""[\r\n]*)*
var pattern = "\"(.*)?\"";
var regex = new Regex(pattern, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
var replacement = regex.Replace("test=\"hereissomething\"", "\"31\"");
string s = Regex.Replace(ruleFixed, "VARIABLE=\"(.*)\"", "VARIABLE=\"31\"");
ruleFixed = s;
I found this code sample at Replace any character in between AnyText: and <usernameredacted#example.com> with an empty string using Regex? which is one of the links i previously posted and just had skipped over this syntax because i thought it wouldnt handle what i needed.
String str1 = "test=\"-1\"";
string[] parts = str1.Split(new[] {'"'}, 3);
string str2 = parts.Length == 3 ? string.Join(#"\", parts.First(), "31", parts.Last()) : str1;
String str1 = "test=\"-1\"";
string res = Regex.Replace(str1, "(^+\").+(\"+)", "$1" + "31" + "$2");
Im pretty bad at RegEx but you could make a simple ExtensionMethod using string functions to do this.
public static class StringExtensions
{
public static string ReplaceBetweenQuotes(this string str, string replacement)
{
if (str.Count(c => c.Equals('"')) == 2)
{
int start = str.IndexOf('"') + 1;
str = str.Replace(str.Substring(start, str.LastIndexOf('"') - start), replacement);
}
return str;
}
}
Usage:
String str3 = "test=\"foobar\"";
str3 = str3.ReplaceBetweenQuotes("31");
returns: "test=\"31\""