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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 = @"^.*250 g<\/td><td><span[^>]*>([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+[0-9]+[0-9]+)\,([0-9]+[0-9]+)<\/span>.*$"; string input = @" <div id=""content"" class=""s1""><!--TYPO3SEARCH_begin--><div id=""c27140"" class=""csc-default""><h1>Preise für Goldbarren, Silberbarren, Platinbarren und Palladiumbarren</h1><p class=""bodytext"">Alle Ankauf-Preise in Euro. ESG-Schalterankaufspreise vom&nbsp;10.07.2015 / <span title=""date-otc"">10.07.2015</span>.</p><table class=""quotetable""> <thead> <tr><th>Barren</th> <th scope=""col"">Gold<br /><img src=""fileadmin/_migrated/RTE/RTEmagicC_gold_small_02.png.png"" title=""gold small"" txdam=""1005"" height=""52"" width=""70"" alt="" /></th> <th scope=""col"">Silber<br /><img src=""fileadmin/_migrated/RTE/RTEmagicC_silver_small_02.png.png"" title=""silver small"" txdam=""1008"" height=""52"" width=""70"" alt="" /></th> <th scope=""col"">Palladium<br /><img src=""fileadmin/_migrated/RTE/RTEmagicC_palladium_small_02.png.png"" title=""palladium small"" txdam=""1006"" height=""52"" width=""70"" alt="" /></th> <th scope=""col"">Platin<br /><img src=""fileadmin/_migrated/RTE/RTEmagicC_platinum_small_02.png.png"" title=""platinum small"" txdam=""1007"" height=""52"" width=""70"" alt="" /></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class=""impair""> <td class=""th"">1 g</td><td><span title=""01011011-otc"">33,43</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201714-otc"">0,44</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201762-otc"">17,90</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201752-otc"">28,64</span> €</td></tr> <tr><td class=""th"">5 g</td><td><span title=""01011021-otc"">167,16</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201715-otc"">2,22</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201763-otc"">89,53</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201753-otc"">143,22</span> €</td></tr> <tr class=""impair""><td class=""th"">10 g</td><td><span title=""01011031-otc"">334,33</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201716-otc"">4,45</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201764-otc"">179,06</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201754-otc"">286,44</span> €</td></tr> <tr><td class=""th"">20 g</td><td><span title=""01011041-otc"">668,66</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201720-otc"">8,91</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201765-otc"">358,12</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201755-otc"">572,88</span> €</td></tr> <tr class=""impair""><td class=""th""><p class=""align-right""><b>1 oz </b></p><p class=""align-right""><b>(31,10 g)<br /></b></p></td><td><b><span title=""01011051-otc"">1.039,78</span> €<br /></b></td><td><b><span title=""10201893-otc"">13,86</span> €<br /></b></td><td><b><span title=""10201766-otc"">556,88</span> €<br /></b></td><td><b><span title=""10201756-otc"">890,84</span> €<br /></b></td></tr> <tr><td class=""th"">50 g</td><td><span title=""01011061-otc"">1.671,67</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201721-otc"">22,29</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201767-otc"">895,31</span> € </td><td><span title=""10201757-otc"">1.432,22</span> €</td></tr> <tr class=""impair""><td class=""th"">100 g</td><td><span title=""01011071-otc"">3.343,34</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201722-otc"">44,59</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201768-otc"">1.790,62</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201758-otc"">2.864,44</span> €</td></tr> <tr><td class=""th"">250 g</td><td><span title=""01011081-otc"">8.358,36</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201723-otc"">111,49</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201769-otc"">4.476,55</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201759-otc"">7.161,10</span> €</td></tr> <tr class=""impair""><td class=""th"">500 g</td><td><span title=""01011091-otc"">16.716,73</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201724-otc"">222,99</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201770-otc"">8.953,11</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201760-otc"">14.322,21</span> €</td></tr> <tr><td class=""th"">1000 g</td><td><span title=""01011101-otc"">33.433,47</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201725-otc"">445,98</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201771-otc"">17.906,23</span> €</td><td><span title=""10201761-otc"">28.644,42</span> €</td></tr></tbody></table><ul><li>1oz = 1 Unze = 31,10g</li><li>Maßgeblich für den Gutschriftsbetrag / Auszahlungsbetrag ist jeweils der Tageskurs bei Barreneingang in unserem Hause) </li></ul></div><div class=""csc-default""><div class=""divider""><hr /></div></div><div id=""c12890"" class=""csc-default""><div class=""yui-g"">"; Match m = Regex.Match(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