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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Anchors
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  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
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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 = @"^(?=.*\bDATA1=""(?<d1>[^""]+)""\h*)?(?=.*\bDATA2=""(?<d2>[^""]+)""\h*)?(?=.*\bDATA3=""(?<d3>[^""]+)""\h*)?(?=.*\bDATA4=""(?<d4>[^""]+)""\h*)?(?=.*\bDATA5=""(?<d5>[^""]+)""\h*)?.*"; string substitution = @"${d1}\t\t${d2}\t\t${d3}\t\t${d4}\t\t${d5}"; string input = @"DATA1=""8DE"" DATA2=""322"" DATA3=""20"" DATA4=""19.99"" DATA5=""0.01"" DATA1=""FE4"" DATA2=""222"" DATA4=""400"" DATA3=""400"" DATA5=""0.00"" DATA1=""CE3"" DATA2=""444"" DATA4=""60"" DATA5=""0.00"" DATA3=""60"" DATA1=""MME"" DATA3=""20"" DATA4=""20"" DATA5=""0.00"" DATA2=""667"" DATA4=""30"" DATA3=""30"" DATA5=""0.00"" DATA1=""MH4"""; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Multiline; Regex regex = new Regex(pattern, options); string result = regex.Replace(input, substitution); } }

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