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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

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using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Example { public static void Main() { string pattern = @"<(?<key>[^>]+)>(?<value>[^<]+)<\/\1>"; string input = @"[2015-08-10T15:00:03.644+1000] | INFO | cessAuditorEvent | updateNetworkResource | 188 - ib2b-common-lib - 3.0.4074 | 1c679b99-2235-4027-93a5-9f9b91822c77 | 9e9 ib2b-bs-manage-network-resource_3.0.4074 WorkforceManagement NBNTEST01 ? HEADER [activityName=""updateNetworkResource"", msgName=""ManageNetworkResourceupdateNetworkResourceError"", businessServiceName=""ManageNetworkResource"", businessServiceVersion=""V1.0"", msgType=""Error"", accessSeekerId=""NBNTEST01"", replyToURI=""SERVICE.BS.MANAGE_NETWORK_RESOURCE.V1.RESP.WWM"", activityStatus=""Failure"", correlationId=""1c679b99-2235-4027-93a5-9f9b91822c77"", security=""Placeholder Security"", priority=""4"", communicationPattern=""RequestReply"", timestamp=""2015-08-10T05:00:03Z"", businessChannel=""WorkforceManagement"", headerCharacteristicValue=""[Mocked:TRUE]""] MESSAGE [<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""UTF-8""?><soapenv:Fault xmlns:soapenv=""http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"" xmlns:exp=""http://www.nbnco.com.au/cim/common/exception/v5"" xmlns:xs=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"" xmlns:xsi=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"" xmlns:nbnfn=""http://www.nbnco.com.au/functions""><faultcode>exp:TechnicalException</faultcode><faultstring>000000: A technical error has occurred during the processing of the request.</faultstring><detail><exp:TechnicalException><Exception><ID>000000</ID><description>A technical error has occurred during the processing of the request.</description><type>Error</type><ReferencesApplicationException><returnType>Technical</returnType><returnCode>PNI-TEC-0003</returnCode><returnDescription>A data issue has prevented the application from processing the request.</returnDescription></ReferencesApplicationException></Exception></exp:TechnicalException></detail></soapenv:Fault>] [jms://queue:SERVICE.BS.MANAGE_NETWORK_RESOURCE.V1.RESP.WWM (12ms taken)] [ExchangeSentEvent]"; RegexOptions options = RegexOptions.Singleline; 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