How do I convert Regex object to string

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I am working on c# and am grabbing only links (an example) to the downloaded html code.

I know that I have the code of the website in the string htmlcode.

However I can't seem to get this to allow me to put match into a string. Below is my code:

 public string getURL()
    {
        /* Web client being opened up and being ready to read */
        WebClient webclient = new WebClient();
        Uri URL = new Uri("http://www.pinkbike.com");
        string htmlcode = webclient.DownloadString(URL);
        /* Time to grab only the links */
        string pattern = @"a href=""(?<link>.+?)""";
        Regex regex = new Regex(pattern, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
        MatchCollection MC = regex.Matches(htmlcode);
        string htmlcode1;
        foreach(Match match in MC)
        {
            /* Error location */
            htmlcode1 = match.Groups["link"];

        }
        return htmlcode1;

Have you looked at what the type of match.Groups["link"] is? Does the compiler not tell you the type that you are trying to convert to string thus making it easy to look up in documentation? — Chris
– Chris, Commented Mar 21, 2014 at 17:39
Don't use Regex to parse HTML Consider something like HtmlAgilityPack — Bryan Crosby
– Bryan Crosby, Commented Mar 21, 2014 at 17:46

pquest · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-21 17:38:59Z

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It should be:

 htmlcode1 = match.Groups["link"].Value;

answered Mar 21, 2014 at 17:38

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Avinash patil · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-21 17:54:28Z

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You can also you String function Contains(). instated of using regex

htmlcode1.Contains("Links")

answered Mar 21, 2014 at 17:54

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