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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 = @"(?<=last_name\\\"":\\\"")(\w)+(?=\\)"; string input = @"{""message"":""{\""_\"":\""user\"",\""pFlags\"":{\""contact\"":true},\""user_flags\"":2143,\""id\"":702212125,\""access_hash\"":\""914250561826\"",\""first_name\"":\""david\"",\""last_name\"":\""jones\"",\""username\"":\""david_d192\"",\""phone\"":\""051863329875\"",\""status\"":{\""_\"":\""userStatusRecently\""}}"",""phone"":""051863329875"",""version"":""3"",""type"":""unknown"",""token"":""1556189892619764206"",""p_id"":702212125,""username"":""david_d192"",""type"":""redis"",""user_flags"":2143,""host"":""win"",from"":""contacts""} {""index"": {""_type"": ""_doc"", ""_id"": ""36GG54F""}} {""message"":""{\""_\"":\""user\"",\""pFlags\"":{\""contact\"":true},\""user_flags\"":2143,\""id\"":702212125,\""access_hash\"":\""914250561826\"",\""first_name\"":\""david\"",\""last_name\"":\""jones\"",\""username\"":\""david_d192\"",\""phone\"":\""051863329875\"",\""status\"":{\""_\"":\""userStatusRecently\""}}"",""phone"":""051863329875"",""version"":""3"",""type"":""unknown"",""token"":""1556189892619764206"",""p_id"":702212125,""username"":""david_d192"",""type"":""redis"",""user_flags"":2143,""host"":""win"",from"":""contacts""} {""index"": {""_type"": ""_doc"", ""_id"": ""36GG54F""}} {""message"":""{\""_\"":\""user\"",\""pFlags\"":{\""contact\"":true},\""user_flags\"":2143,\""id\"":702212125,\""access_hash\"":\""914250561826\"",\""first_name\"":\""david\"",\""last_name\"":\""jones\"",\""phone\"":\""051863329875\"",\""status\"":{\""_\"":\""userStatusRecently\""}}"",""phone"":""051863329875"",""version"":""3"",""type"":""unknown"",""token"":""1556189892619764206"",""p_id"":702212125,""type"":""redis"",""user_flags"":2143,""host"":""win"",from"":""contacts""} {""index"": {""_type"": ""_doc"", ""_id"": ""36GG54F""}} #Target: id, first_name , last_name , phone , username(if exist)"; 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