Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • 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

Regular Expression
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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"""(?<VoNo>[^""]*)"";""(?<VoDt>[^""]*)"";""(?<ValDt>[^""]*)"";""(?<VoTp>[^""]*)"";""(?<Txt>[^""]*)"";""(?<DbAcNo>[^""]*)"";""(?<DbTrnCl>[^""]*)"";""(?<DbTxCd>[^""]*)"";""(?<CrAcNo>[^""]*)"";""(?<CrTrnCl>[^""]*)"";""(?<CrTxCd>[^""]*)"";""(?<Am>[^""]*)"";""(?<InvoNo>[^""]*)"";""(?<DueDt>[^""]*)"";""(?<VatAm>[^""]*)"";""(?<R1>[^""]*)"";""(?<R2>[^""]*)"";""(?<R7>[^""]*)"";""(?<CID>[^""]*)"";""(?<Txt2>[^""]*)"";""(?<AGRef>[^""]*)"";;"; string input = @"@Actor (=CustNo,SupNo,Nm,Ad1,Ad2,Ad3,PNo,PArea,Phone,Fax,MailAd,BsNo,BGiro,Ctry,Lang,Cur,CPmtTrm,SPmtTrm) ""10458"";""0"";""Vesterlandet GÂrd / D. Hansen"";""Vesterlandet 226"";"";"";""8407"";""Sortland"";"";"";""vesterlandetgaard@gmail.com"";""926967878"";"";""47"";""47"";"";""15"";""15"" @IMPORT_METHOD(3) @WaBnd (ValDt, SrcTp, Descr) ""20240326"" ""12"" ""Quick3 Import"" @WaVo (VoNo,VoDt,ValDt,VoTp,Txt,DbAcNo,DbTrnCl,DbTxCd,CrAcNo,CrTrnCl,CrTxCd,Am,InvoNo,DueDt,VatAm,R1,R2,R7,CID,Txt2,AGRef) ""100489"";""20240326"";""20240326"";""11"";""Utg.faktura"";""10458"";""0"";""0"";""0"";""0"";""0"";""33818.00"";""100489"";""20240405"";"";"";"";"";""001045801004890"";"";"";; ""100489"";""20240326"";""20240326"";""11"";""Utg.faktura"";""0"";""0"";""0"";""7740"";""0"";""0"";""0.50"";"";"";"";"";"";"";"";"";"";; ""100489"";""20240326"";""20240326"";""11"";""Utg.faktura"";""0"";""0"";""0"";""3000"";""0"";""3"";""30937.50"";"";"";"";""1"";"";"";"";"";"";; ""100489"";""20240326"";""20240326"";""11"";""Utg.faktura"";""0"";""0"";""0"";""3001"";""0"";""3"";""2880.00"";"";"";"";""1"";"";"";"";"";"";;"; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Multiline; foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(input, pattern, options)) { 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