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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • 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

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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"([0-9]*)(?=<\/option>)"; string input = @"<select name=""ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$ddlyear"" onchange=""javascript:setTimeout('__doPostBack(\'ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$ddlyear\',\'\')', 0)"" id=""ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_ddlyear"" class=""page-heading"" style=""background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244); width: 95px; outline: 1px solid blue;""> <option selected=""selected"" value=""Select Year"">Select Year</option> <option value=""2000"">2000</option> <option value=""2001"">2001</option> <option value=""2002"">2002</option> <option value=""2003"">2003</option> <option value=""2004"">2004</option> <option value=""2005"">2005</option> <option value=""2006"">2006</option> <option value=""2007"">2007</option> <option value=""2008"">2008</option> <option value=""2009"">2009</option> <option value=""2010"">2010</option> <option value=""2011"">2011</option> <option value=""2012"">2012</option> <option value=""2013"">2013</option> <option value=""2014"">2014</option> <option value=""2015"">2015</option> <option value=""2016"">2016</option> <option value=""2017"">2017</option> </select>"; 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