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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"(?<=(ch-name"">)|(?<=ch-time"">)|(?<=ch-type"">)|(?<=ch-text"">))[\s\S]*?(?=<\/)"; string input = @"<ul id=""channelList""> <li class=""odd""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span><!-- 1--> <span class=""ch-time"">06:30</span><!-- 2--> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">NBA TV</span><!-- 3--> <span class=""ch-text"">Sacramento Kings - N.Orleans Pelicans (Basketbol)</span><!-- 4--> </div> </li> <li class=""even""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">07:45</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">TRT Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">İlk Baskı (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""odd""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">11:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">TRT Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Spor Manşet (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""even""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">11:05</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">NTV Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Spor Servisi (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""odd""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">12:15</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">TRT Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Set-Maç-Smaç (Voleybol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""even""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">13:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">Kanal 58</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Sivas Bld. - Pendikspor (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""odd""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">13:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">Kardelen TV</span> <span class=""ch-text"">BB Erzurumspor - Zonguldak (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""even""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">14:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">Lig Tv</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Futbol Gündemi (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""odd""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">14:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">NTV Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Spor Aktüel (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""even""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">20:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">Tivibu Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Doğru Taktik (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""odd""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">20:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">NTV Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Kırmızı Çizgi (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""even""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">20:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">A Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Beşiktaş SJ - Zielona Gora (Basketbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""odd""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">20:30</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">Eurosport 2</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Lokomotiv Kuban - Valencia Basket (Basketbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""even""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">21:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">TRT Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Futbol Keyfi (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""odd""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">21:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">Tivibu Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Ters Köşe (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""even""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">22:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">TRT Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Devler Sahnesi (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""odd""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">22:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">Smartspor 2</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Aris - Banvit (Basketbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""even""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">22:15</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">Eurosport 2</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Bilbao Basket - Khimki Moskova (Basketbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""odd""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">23:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">NTV Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Spor Gecesi (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""even""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">23:30</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">TRT Spor</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Spor Gecesi (Futbol)</span> </div> </li> <li class=""odd""> <span class=""ch-type"">Canlı</span> <span class=""ch-time"">03:00</span> <div class=""ch-desc""> <span class=""ch-name"">NBA TV</span> <span class=""ch-text"">Washington Wizards - Boston Celtics (Basketbol)</span> </div> </li></ul>"; foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(input, pattern)) { Console.WriteLine("'{0}' found at index {1}.", m.Value, m.Index); } } }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for C#, please visit: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.regularexpressions.regex(v=vs.110).aspx