String parsing using RegEx

Question

I have string as below.

X:= FMLVAR("Function1", "Var1");

I would like parse the above string and get the 2 arguments ("Funtion1" and "Var1"). FMLVAR is function which accepts 2 strings as arguments.

At present, I am using string manipulation function such as IndexOf and substring to process the above string and strip out those arguments.

Is there any better way doing this? Possibly using regular expression.

Any advice is much appreciated.

Thanks

Alan

You can show your current code, but I guess it would be better than using REGEX. — Habib
– Habib, Commented May 9, 2013 at 4:40
If you're going to do this in a generic sense, it might be better to write and use a parser. — Patashu
– Patashu, Commented May 9, 2013 at 4:57

Dave Bish · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-09 04:43:40Z

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Try something like this:

var s = "X:= FMLVAR(\"Function1\", \"Var1\");";

var match = new Regex(@"FMLVAR\(""(.+?)"", ""(.+?)""\);").Match(s);

var arg1 = match.Groups[1];
var arg2 = match.Groups[2];

answered May 9, 2013 at 4:43

Dave Bish

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escargot agile Over a year ago

Note that this does not allow to add or remove spaces.

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